Whaaaat????

[miriam_e]

Just listened to a bit of a piece on Radio National that talked up the Australian economy boasting that the number of Australian millionaires is "increasing", "swelling", "growing"... but listening carefully I noticed that it was mentioned briefly that the number is actually dropping.

I have become careful of Radio National lately because their reports seem to be getting slanted.
All the commercial stations dish up crap and the last independent broadcaster is starting to go wrong. Thank heavens for the internet.

Comments

[metalhero.livejournal.com]

Thank Heavens indeed. Because we all know the internet can NEVER be misleading ;)

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

heheheheh :)
The internet has diversity of opinion and that is its great saving grace.

I've been reading a lot lately about how crowds can be smarter than the individuals in it... but ONLY if there is diversity of opinion. The minute uniformity emerges things tend to go terribly wrong and the crowd becomes not only stupid, but in some respects insane. Our media are almost totally uniform, and now with our national broadcaster starting to be restricted too... well, thank heavens there is some variety on the net.