When facts can be so easily distorted by trusted figures broadcasting on stations or channels that ostensibly report the news, however, and when enormous fortunes are made by political parties and media entities themselves through the work (i.e. The continued fact-distorting and rhetoric chanting) of these media figures there is a compelling public interest in restoring rationality to public knowledge and discourse. What form this interest should take in practical terms is a matter for much discussion and debate in and of itself, but both parties should be prevented from paying "volunteers" to turn out at events and disrupt others' attempts to gain access to their elected representatives and public officials, and financial ties between for-profit media entities and political parties should perhaps be more closely scrutinized.
The root problem at the heart of the town hall meeting disruptions, however, and in fact the root problem at the heart of the above issues as well, is that the public has a strong desire for understanding and control over their democratically elected government yet is not receiving adequate or appropriate information in this regard. This is evident on both sides of the political aisle (and even by the notion that there are only two sides available in political and policy discussions), as Democrats were trying to hold town meetings in order to educate a public that was still uninformed about healthcare reform despite months of explicit discussion and media coverage while the right-wing/Republican disrupters made their ignorance known through many of their specific arguments and refusals to rationally discuss their talking points. Other situations might show a reversal of sorts, where uninformed left-wing/Democrat activists feel empowered with misinformation and cause disruptive clamors. With so much media attention given to political matters, it is somewhat astounding that the more vocal and active elements of both parties are ultimately so uninformed when it comes to major policy issues. Part of this can be traced again to the specifics of the media coverage, which focuses on the sensationalized aspects of public debate and can even warp facts to make for better headlines and stories (in the healthcare debate, talk of "death panels" and misinformation regarding the cost of the proposed legislation became major points of protest), and part perhaps to the general education system in the United States that does not necessarily prepare the nation's citizenry for critical thinking and analysis.
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