Tuesday, September 02, 2008
An e-mail discussion about who's news agency can beat up yours
My Thoughts - See below for the article and e-mail that kicked off the discussion
At least we know where Heather Mallick stands - thank God
Having been exposed to all of those media outlets you mention below and their coverage of the war in Iraq (I've only seen Middle East media in Egypt but I was exposed). I am much more confident in the news and journalism in the United States than that of any other region or country on the planet.
News is for people so it gets reported with a consumer's perspective. No matter what you learn in school your writing is changed by the audience who will receive your message. Our country has the best media outlets because we have the greatest variety of choice and because our government has the smallest role in directly funding the news outlets.
In France in particular 4 of the 5 Television stations are owned by the government and all deliver exactly the same message. Newspapers in France are a similar story with one or two independents and then a list of government subsidized rags.
As someone who considers himself conservative, religious and having 'brains,' I look at Fox news as a reaction to some of the other media outlets who don't seem to offer much balance at all. I think 'Liberals' offended by Fox news don't get that the people running it aren't interested in their opinions at all, they are interested in the people watching them. 'Fair and Balanced' because no one else will say what Fox will say so they balance the field.
As for crazies who think Fox is manipulating people's minds or inciting racial violence I say you are just that - Crazy. Every journalist on TV is trying to change people's minds the same way that Hasbro is trying to get you to buy Transformers. We have to be smart enough to filter out what is truth and not be surprised when we find out that the guy with the microphone has a point of view.
BTW If you are going to pick a reason why the war in Georgia was 'Staged' go with trying to challenge Russia for access to energy reserves through far east and central Europe. Money is always a more believable motive.
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Discussion starts with this link and e-mail:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/01/f-vp-mallick.html
Frankly, I've never forgotten something my teacher told me when I was young. "Politics is lazy journalism."
There's no work involved in reporting on politics (election year or not). It always happens, regardless of how mundane. These days just seem worse in that it all seems "pre-canned."
"Weapons Of Mass Deception" is an interesting documentary about the media and the Iraq war. An intriguing point..."there were four Iraq Wars...the war that North America saw, the war that Europe saw, the war that the Middle East saw and the war that the rest of the world saw."
At least we know where Heather Mallick stands - thank God
Having been exposed to all of those media outlets you mention below and their coverage of the war in Iraq (I've only seen Middle East media in Egypt but I was exposed). I am much more confident in the news and journalism in the United States than that of any other region or country on the planet.
News is for people so it gets reported with a consumer's perspective. No matter what you learn in school your writing is changed by the audience who will receive your message. Our country has the best media outlets because we have the greatest variety of choice and because our government has the smallest role in directly funding the news outlets.
In France in particular 4 of the 5 Television stations are owned by the government and all deliver exactly the same message. Newspapers in France are a similar story with one or two independents and then a list of government subsidized rags.
As someone who considers himself conservative, religious and having 'brains,' I look at Fox news as a reaction to some of the other media outlets who don't seem to offer much balance at all. I think 'Liberals' offended by Fox news don't get that the people running it aren't interested in their opinions at all, they are interested in the people watching them. 'Fair and Balanced' because no one else will say what Fox will say so they balance the field.
As for crazies who think Fox is manipulating people's minds or inciting racial violence I say you are just that - Crazy. Every journalist on TV is trying to change people's minds the same way that Hasbro is trying to get you to buy Transformers. We have to be smart enough to filter out what is truth and not be surprised when we find out that the guy with the microphone has a point of view.
BTW If you are going to pick a reason why the war in Georgia was 'Staged' go with trying to challenge Russia for access to energy reserves through far east and central Europe. Money is always a more believable motive.
===============================================
Discussion starts with this link and e-mail:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/09/01/f-vp-mallick.html
Frankly, I've never forgotten something my teacher told me when I was young. "Politics is lazy journalism."
There's no work involved in reporting on politics (election year or not). It always happens, regardless of how mundane. These days just seem worse in that it all seems "pre-canned."
"Weapons Of Mass Deception" is an interesting documentary about the media and the Iraq war. An intriguing point..."there were four Iraq Wars...the war that North America saw, the war that Europe saw, the war that the Middle East saw and the war that the rest of the world saw."
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This is an excellent post. I kind of want to print it out and use it in my class - it's a great response paper! Ha!
I agree with brilliant Laura! I remember my students once told me that all the media in the US was controlled by the government. To which I responded with something like, "Fermez vos gueules, petits monstres!" Just kidding, but it did blow me away that they really thought their news coverage was less biased than ours is.
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A very thoughtful post. Fox is hot because the other networks are so obviously biased. CNBC even removed their anchors because they were actually campaigning for one candidate. Fox at least offers an alternative view while the others pretty much sing off the same music and the same tune. The first thing dictators do is take control of the media as with Castro, etc in Latin America.
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