With his commentary about the stupidity of the elderly voters in Florida, he is walking a fine legal line. It is against the law in this country to discriminate against someone because of their age. If he had written this article about people of color, or women, the roar of the backlash would have been heard much farther than the EMU campus. In the generous space that Novak s column is given in the Echo, maybe it would better serve the population of Eastern s students to hear solutions to the problems that this election brought to light. The ballot processing issues demand our attention only because the election results are too close to call.
Most people don t care.
Most eligible people are not even registered to vote, and half of those who can, don t. Most Americans rely on the mass media to spoon feed them enough information so they can make an informed decision. The mass media is more concerned with ratings and their own profit than in our education. If they really wanted to offer us a well-rounded education, they would include all of the candidates in their coverage, not labeling them spoilers of the real election. The American people really can t know what to think about important issues when they get all of their information from the mass media.