The Dichotomy of Media Messages  by Nora Dunn on 22 April 2008
22 comments  I don’t watch a lot of television. When I’m not
living in the bush somewhere off the grid, or trekking through
the mountains, or taking on some such nomadic adventure or
another, I am usually sleeping, writing, or spending time with
friends and family.   So when I had an occasion to watch some
television recently, I was horrified.   Here is how my evening
went:   10pm: An extremely educational, inspirational, and
moving show on global warming. It opened my eyes further to the
very real world tragedy that will occur within our lifetimes if
we don’t change our ways drastically. And I don’t mean
carpooling to reduce gas use – I mean life-altering drastic
changes.  But the finer points of how the world needs to change
are neither here nor there in the context of this article.
11pm on the same channel: A program glamorizing the logging
industry. Loggers are made out to be tough macho heroes as they
rip apart forests, several trees at a t