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Quoted from article(He worries that the widespread cost-cutting and possible closures threaten to devalue journalism - and democracy - in America.
"An important and vital part of democracy is vanishing before our very eyes, whether the public realises it or not," he told me.)
I wouldn't say it flourishes, certainly in Britain. There are blogs and all that but the vast majority of people get the vast majority of their news and current affairs from large, mass media TV, Radio and Newspaper outlets.They're worrying about journalism being devalued now?
Corporatized "journalism" still dominates the U.S. media and that's what the author of the article is most worried about. I would hardly call it democratic though. The amount of half-truths and frankly bald faced lies I have seen come out of the corporate sector have made me have more respect for independent journalists in recent years. A lot of important stories that people should know about never appear on network television or in the papers.
Grassroots based journalists will continue to function because such organizations have never relied on a huge budget to get their stories published.
Reagan was similar.The power of the mass media is very worrying. In Britain Blair often ignored parliament and tried to court the media instead. The discussion over the Iraq war was almost all in the media.
The power of the mass media is very worrying. In Britain Blair often ignored parliament and tried to court the media instead. The discussion over the Iraq war was almost all in the media.
That's not what I was saying. I meant Blair appealed to the media and PR and often ignored parliament. Discussions over the possible Iraq war were going on in the media in the summer of 2002 and yet it took until february 2003 for parliament to discuss and vote on it, a discussion that Blair and most ministers absented themselves until the vote may it be added.Reagan was similar.
When he needed to he went past the media filter directly to the people.
It's about the only time I'll watch CNN or the BBC. Live events where they can't cut out the guts, and can't comment alongside.
How these people butcher the news is pretty incredible. It's why talk radio and the internet are valuable. These mediums fill in the blanks the "press" tries to sweep under the carpet... and time after time they get their knuckles rapped... they still think they can get away with slanting the news without admitting their bias.
Good! More liberal rags off the streets. San Franscico is next follwed by the Houston Chronicle and Chicago you are not far off.
Good! More liberal rags off the streets. San Franscico is next follwed by the Houston Chronicle and Chicago you are not far off.
Well, if the world ended tomorrow, I don't think we would be around to look at something "in print", but here I go again pointing out the obvious.It's interesting how the internet revolution is putting so many industries out of business.
Books, news, music, photo printing, etc. Makes me wonder what would happen if the world ended tomorrow and we no longer had internet. What modern stuff would be left in print for us to look at?!
Well, if the world ended tomorrow, I don't think we would be around to look at something "in print", but here I go again pointing out the obvious.
The Houston Chronicle is one of the most Conservative papers in the United States, backed Bush in both 2000 and 2004, and was gung ho on the war in Iraq. They did back Obama in 2008, but mainly because McCain was anything but Conservative, and the Chronicle cites McCain's choice of inexperienced Palin as one of the primary reasons it would not endorse McCain. The Chronicle's endorsement of Obama was only the second time in a half century that they endorsed a Democrat.
Years ago, Houston had two papers, the Conservative Houston Chronicle and the Liberal Houston Post. Rupert Murdoch took over the Post, and although he kept its Liberal leaning, attempted to turn it into a tabloid format. Sales of the Post declined. Then the Chronicle bought the Post from Murdoch, and as soon as they gained possession of it, they shut it down, thus becoming the only major newspaper in Houston.
Why do I have the feeling that the only papers you don't regard as "Liberal rags" are the Moonie-owned Washington Times and World Nut Daily?
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