[Publib] 1st Amendment Rights & Information

[Patty Wanninger]

Just because a site calls itself "Balanced" doesn't mean it is without
bias.  The further information links on the healthcare page at
balancedpolitics.com lead to the Heritage Foundation, whose motto is "The
left is on the march, Heritage has the answers," Mona Charen, a columnist
whose book is called, Do-Gooders, How Liberals Harm Those They Claim to Help
- and the Rest of Us," a site called "Americans for Free Choice in Medicine"
which has a very strong "free market" stance and supports  "the economic and
moral rights of businesses to make profits as the result of developing and
producing medications, and of their investors to obtain a substantial return
on their investments,"  and others.

Of course we can learn and inform ourselves by reading others' opinions,
especially if contrary to our own, but just because something says it's
balanced doesn't mean it is.

Patty Wanninger, MLS
Wisconsin





On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 9:06 AM, Paula Laurita <
plaurita at athenslimestone.lib.al.us> wrote:

>  There are many pro and con sites out there, but I like to refer people to
> Balanced Politics when they ask me questions.
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> Their mission:  BalancedPolitics.org was developed to present a logical,
> balanced discussion on a number of issues important to society. We try to
> provide reasoned, critical, non-partisan analysis of both sides of the
> issue. We try to not let personal feelings or passions enter into the
> analysis, and we don't limit our thinking by political correctness.
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> http://www.balancedpolitics.org/universal_health_care.htm
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> Sometimes I come away mad because the site’s not supporting my views, but I
> gather information that causes me to seriously think about my opinion.
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> Paula S.W. Laurita, MLIS
> Coordinator of Public Services
> Athens-Limestone Public Library
> Athens, AL 35611
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> plaurita at athenslimestone.lib.al.us
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> We have found that a library is not an end in itself, but a means to many
> ends.
> Charles E. Rush, 1939
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> *From:* publib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:
> publib-bounces at webjunction.org] *On Behalf Of *Lisa Guidarini
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 05, 2009 6:54 PM
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> fredbeisser at mesanetworks.net
> *Cc:* publib at webjunction.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Publib] 1st Amendment Rights
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> We can’t afford not to be informed. No matter which side you fall on, and
> we all have the right to differ, we must be informed.
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> Lisa Guidarini
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