Comments on: The role of media in the USA http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa From the mind of Philip Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:06:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: pvanhoof http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1458 pvanhoof Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:20:09 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1458 @xurfa: No I don't, I merely point out that this particular interview is interesting. @xurfa: No I don’t, I merely point out that this particular interview is interesting.

]]> By: xurfa http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1450 xurfa Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:56:31 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1450 OMG, and you consider Al-jazeera a "serious medium"... :-o OMG, and you consider Al-jazeera a “serious medium”… :-o

]]> By: Ian http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1449 Ian Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:43:52 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1449 If you narrow "mainstream media" to "television media", I agree wholeheartedly. But if you include papers and large websites in the conversation, I'm not so sure. There's a shit ton of serious coverage in the print/internet world. If you narrow “mainstream media” to “television media”, I agree wholeheartedly. But if you include papers and large websites in the conversation, I’m not so sure. There’s a shit ton of serious coverage in the print/internet world.

]]> By: pvanhoof http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1455 pvanhoof Tue, 19 Jan 2010 20:11:26 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1455 @Jay: No disagreement here. I for example question the virtue of democracy when the majority of the people who get a vote are willingly ignorant. When ignorance is bliss. @Jay: No disagreement here. I for example question the virtue of democracy when the majority of the people who get a vote are willingly ignorant. When ignorance is bliss.

]]> By: anon http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1456 anon Tue, 19 Jan 2010 01:12:47 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1456 "We don’t need more democracy, we need more LIBERTY. " (Hmm, I thought people were clamoring for more "open source" as opposed to more "freedom"...nevermind.) But seriously, Amy Goodman is a journalist and the news show she co-presents is one of the few broadcasts from the US that are not corporate-sponsored. There are interviews with all sorts of people, people that just are not seen much elsewhere. I think it's better to judge by the content of the program rather than by its name... Another interesting alternative news source is GRITtv: http://grittv.blip.tv/ http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/ It's viewer-supported. “We don’t need more democracy, we need more LIBERTY. ”

(Hmm, I thought people were clamoring for more “open source” as opposed to more “freedom”…nevermind.)

But seriously, Amy Goodman is a journalist and the news show she co-presents is one of the few broadcasts from the US that are not corporate-sponsored. There are interviews with all sorts of people, people that just are not seen much elsewhere. I think it’s better to judge by the content of the program rather than by its name…

Another interesting alternative news source is GRITtv:
http://grittv.blip.tv/
http://lauraflanders.firedoglake.com/
It’s viewer-supported.

]]> By: Jay http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1454 Jay Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:43:19 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1454 Media consolidation happens in every closing society. Google "friendly fascism". Amy Goodman seems to try hard, but she is super confused. We don't need more democracy, we need more LIBERTY. Media consolidation happens in every closing society. Google “friendly fascism”.

Amy Goodman seems to try hard, but she is super confused. We don’t need more democracy, we need more LIBERTY.

]]> By: pvanhoof http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1453 pvanhoof Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:08:38 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1453 @anon: Thanks for the link, I'll bookmark it. Her point of view was often very interesting indeed. @anon: Thanks for the link, I’ll bookmark it. Her point of view was often very interesting indeed.

]]> By: pvanhoof http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1452 pvanhoof Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:03:36 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1452 @Jos: This simply is the format of the show that Riz Khan does on AlJazeera. He opens with a question and allows people to think about answers to that question. He basically starts the show with "Today we ask", around 1 minute in the show. And then there's a debate between two experts, meanwhile are viewers and listeners encouraged to send comments to an E-mail address. Even in the very first second of the video you see the words "questions & answers" going over the screen. This already should have illustrated to you the format. If you would have clicked "play" you would have noticed this, of course. But then again, this is "the new style" of having an opinion: have an opinion on something you just didn't see. I guess. *sigh* @Jos: This simply is the format of the show that Riz Khan does on AlJazeera. He opens with a question and allows people to think about answers to that question.

He basically starts the show with “Today we ask”, around 1 minute in the show. And then there’s a debate between two experts, meanwhile are viewers and listeners encouraged to send comments to an E-mail address.

Even in the very first second of the video you see the words “questions & answers” going over the screen. This already should have illustrated to you the format.

If you would have clicked “play” you would have noticed this, of course. But then again, this is “the new style” of having an opinion: have an opinion on something you just didn’t see. I guess. *sigh*

]]> By: Jos http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1451 Jos Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:33:04 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1451 "Has the mainstream media in the US replaced serious coverage with “junk news” and tabloidism?" Headlines with a question mark is a typical tabloid technique. It allows any nonsense in the headline. The question in the headline is never answered in the article below it. A good estimate of the quality of journalism in a newspaper is the number of question marks on the front page. “Has the mainstream media in the US replaced serious coverage with “junk news” and tabloidism?”
Headlines with a question mark is a typical tabloid technique. It allows any nonsense in the headline. The question in the headline is never answered in the article below it. A good estimate of the quality of journalism in a newspaper is the number of question marks on the front page.

]]> By: anon http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1457 anon Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:47:27 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2010/01/18/the-role-of-media-in-the-usa#comment-1457 FYI, you can see the one of the journalists featured in the clip, Amy Goodman, each weekday, on Democracy Now!, which can be viewed here: http://www.democracynow.org/ FYI, you can see the one of the journalists featured in the clip, Amy Goodman, each weekday, on Democracy Now!, which can be viewed here:
http://www.democracynow.org/

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