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<blockquote data-quote="mattresell" data-source="post: 73720" data-attributes="member: 121"><p>I like that people are noticing and putting forthe in these forums how much control the media has over the public. But I also thinks it's worthy to note the power these forums and the public in general have over itself.</p><p></p><p>My opinion has always been that certain players or ideas get bad/good raps solely based ont he opinions of a few people that participate heavily in forum conversation. The fact is that many people that visit this particular site do so not just to discuss Packer football, but also to learn about it. </p><p></p><p>I do more reading on the site than posting so I see how someone looking for information rather than expressing their opinion could be easily swayed by the overall tone of the forum about a certain player or topic. My guess it that the average person that visits this forum would have a negative view of both Ahmad Caroll and Bobby Ferguson. Whether they should have that view or not is irrelevent. The fact that they presumably are just taking our word for it rather than doing their own research is the issue.</p><p></p><p>Things like this go on all the time. I was able to attend 2 Astros/Giants games last week while Barry was trying to hit 714. The crowd was viscous towards Barry but the feeling that I got was that most people couldn't give two ***** about steroids or Babe Ruth's homerun total. They were simply joining in with the rest of the crowd for the "fun" of it, which seems to mw like a poor excuse for commradorie. </p><p></p><p>I guess in closing this topic goes a bit deeper than something that needs to be discussed on Packer Forum, but it is noce to see others openly talk about how aware they are of the media and social influences we are all subjuect too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mattresell, post: 73720, member: 121"] I like that people are noticing and putting forthe in these forums how much control the media has over the public. But I also thinks it's worthy to note the power these forums and the public in general have over itself. My opinion has always been that certain players or ideas get bad/good raps solely based ont he opinions of a few people that participate heavily in forum conversation. The fact is that many people that visit this particular site do so not just to discuss Packer football, but also to learn about it. I do more reading on the site than posting so I see how someone looking for information rather than expressing their opinion could be easily swayed by the overall tone of the forum about a certain player or topic. My guess it that the average person that visits this forum would have a negative view of both Ahmad Caroll and Bobby Ferguson. Whether they should have that view or not is irrelevent. The fact that they presumably are just taking our word for it rather than doing their own research is the issue. Things like this go on all the time. I was able to attend 2 Astros/Giants games last week while Barry was trying to hit 714. The crowd was viscous towards Barry but the feeling that I got was that most people couldn't give two ***** about steroids or Babe Ruth's homerun total. They were simply joining in with the rest of the crowd for the "fun" of it, which seems to mw like a poor excuse for commradorie. I guess in closing this topic goes a bit deeper than something that needs to be discussed on Packer Forum, but it is noce to see others openly talk about how aware they are of the media and social influences we are all subjuect too. [/QUOTE]
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