Some broadcasters do their best not to ally themselves to political parties eg the BBC. It's paid for by a licence fee.
The problem at large with bias is that it operates at two levels the first is obviously when publications and broadcasters depend on advertising. These publishers/broadcasters cannot ever criticise certain products and services purely because they can't afford to bite the hand that feeds them.
The second problem is deeper and more worrying. Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch. As an owner of so much media and satellites around the world, his empire literally has the power of political sway. In some respect he is a king maker and an un-elected one at that. It is worth remembering that the Iraq was an illegal war completely based on lies and yet Fox promoted it as "worthy" and "right" . . . one of the pay-offs for their stance was to ride into Baghdad with the first wave of American armoured forces. When bias is this strong it would be better if they changed their name to "Fox Republican News" and to be more honest about it.
I think it would be a very good idea for 'Star-of-the-Office-Steve' to hold his new post for as long as possible. As a result Apple, Linux and other open source platforms will have the best possible environment for growth. It's all good!
I love Canon cameras and loathe this idea! Like a sledgehammer to crack a nut, it is fundamentally flawed at so many levels and would enable a whole new level in high tech crime/corruption. The team who came up with this idea are tragically naive and really need to become more street-wise. Perhaps they were being guided in this direction by those of another agenda altogether...
Biometric data is overkill in the field of copyright. It would be more appropriate for photographers to join an organisation that were able to issue a unique code to be granted to them. This could be inserted into the metadata, no system will ever be foolproof (corruption-proof) so let's not rush to adopt the big brother mindset, if indeed, it needs to adopted at all.
As a note of common sense, would it not be far wiser to put our terraforming desires, resources and energy into practice here on Earth? With growing deserts and rising sea levels, surely we will need to adapt our own way of life and environment first to ensure that our civilisation survives long enough to even think about experimenting on Mars. I shudder to think how much damage would be done to the Earth's atmosphere and ecosystems by the enormity of the venture required to terraform another planet. It would be mad science indeed if a martian dream meant disater here.
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Some broadcasters do their best not to ally themselves to political parties eg the BBC. It's paid for by a licence fee. The problem at large with bias is that it operates at two levels the first is obviously when publications and broadcasters depend on advertising. These publishers/broadcasters cannot ever criticise certain products and services purely because they can't afford to bite the hand that feeds them. The second problem is deeper and more worrying. Fox is owned by Rupert Murdoch. As an owner of so much media and satellites around the world, his empire literally has the power of political sway. In some respect he is a king maker and an un-elected one at that. It is worth remembering that the Iraq was an illegal war completely based on lies and yet Fox promoted it as "worthy" and "right" . . . one of the pay-offs for their stance was to ride into Baghdad with the first wave of American armoured forces. When bias is this strong it would be better if they changed their name to "Fox Republican News" and to be more honest about it.
I think it would be a very good idea for 'Star-of-the-Office-Steve' to hold his new post for as long as possible. As a result Apple, Linux and other open source platforms will have the best possible environment for growth. It's all good!
I love Canon cameras and loathe this idea! Like a sledgehammer to crack a nut, it is fundamentally flawed at so many levels and would enable a whole new level in high tech crime/corruption. The team who came up with this idea are tragically naive and really need to become more street-wise. Perhaps they were being guided in this direction by those of another agenda altogether... Biometric data is overkill in the field of copyright. It would be more appropriate for photographers to join an organisation that were able to issue a unique code to be granted to them. This could be inserted into the metadata, no system will ever be foolproof (corruption-proof) so let's not rush to adopt the big brother mindset, if indeed, it needs to adopted at all.
As a note of common sense, would it not be far wiser to put our terraforming desires, resources and energy into practice here on Earth? With growing deserts and rising sea levels, surely we will need to adapt our own way of life and environment first to ensure that our civilisation survives long enough to even think about experimenting on Mars. I shudder to think how much damage would be done to the Earth's atmosphere and ecosystems by the enormity of the venture required to terraform another planet. It would be mad science indeed if a martian dream meant disater here.
Wasn't this the same group of scientists that discovered a B52 bomber on the dark side of the moon?