[lit-ideas] Re: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 17:22:06 -0800 (PST)
Politics is absolutely about money. What do you think the rampant lobbying is
about? As for science being where the money is, if that were true, science
would be flooded with aspirants to scientific degrees. As it turns out, they
were all heading to the hedge funds and there's now a shortage of scientists.
If you think hedge funds aren't political, check out who the Secretary of the
Treasury is, which is to say the former CEO of Morgan Stanley, and the
Secretary before him and on and on.
--- On Tue, 11/4/08, Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Study: Media coverage has favored Obama campaign
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 12:38 AM
Eric Yost wrote:
"In our democratic republic, the issue is clouded by money. Money
takes the decisions away from citizens."
I think that these sorts of claims about money are red-herrings,
usually intended to lead the listener to conclusions about the threat
posed by one's favourite villains. Elections are not determined by
who has the most money. The same claims are made in sports, for
example about those favourite villains, the Yankees or Cowboys, but
the highest payrolls do not guarantee a World Series or the Super
Bowl. After all the money is spent, the game still has to be played.
Eric continues:
"Scientists, assuming they are not scientists-for-hire, would at least
offer a counterpoise to the money game, which is its own form of
disenfranchisement."
I am surprised that someone who is playing the world-weary cynic would
claim that scientists, any scientists, can function outside the 'money
game'. Science is where the real money is, a truth most of us in
academia know all too well. See Robert's post about funding and
publishing.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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