Comments on: What’s Wrong with the Media in a Nutshell

By: Flower Online

Flower Online — Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:16:52 +0000

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By: Linda Wells

Linda Wells — Sat, 01 Jul 2006 17:18:23 +0000

Fits in perfectly well with an education system that churns out worker bees and drones. We may end up with a more spectacular splash than the Romans.

By: Jason Ingersol

Jason Ingersol — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 22:46:36 +0000

Related to this, I’ve heard pundits talking about how “now is not the time to assess blame.” That makes NO sense. If “now” is not the time, when is the time? And “not assessing blame” is merely another way of saying we should keep the public in the dark and hope it goes away.

By: Will Barrett

Will Barrett — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:48:29 +0000

Talent takes a back seat to looks. Can you imagine Ernie Pyle or Edward R. Murrow being hired for on camera work in todays cheese cake world. Just more of our plastic society. Even a pop singer can’t get a job unless she can pass as a playboy centerfold. They don’t want to be journalist, they want to be 7 figure TV stars. John I swear I got to stop read this thing, you end up getting my blood pressure up every day.

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sean baker — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 20:43:52 +0000

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By: Floyd

Floyd — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:56:03 +0000

Reality check–
News is all about ratings. Telling it like it is is sure to tick off some group, which then won’t watch the news program. If the group is big enough, this affects ratings negatively. The only way to get those ratings back is to broadcast stories that don’t tick off anyone (such as the “Snowball” dog incident).

By: John L

John L — Fri, 09 Sep 2005 01:20:25 +0000

Easy, the media think that they are celebrities too.

By: Miguel Lopes

Miguel Lopes — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:44:44 +0000

Let’s see it on the bright side – maybe this is a wake up call to journalists in your country.

By: meetsy

meetsy — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 17:27:49 +0000

Imagine…people in the NEWS finding out about emotion and humanity by actually covering it. Huh. I LIKED seeing the real reporting….but, figure with enough “re-education” and counseling they’ll go back to paying more attention to what the ‘official’ word is, instead of thinking for themselves. It’s so much easier that way, isn’t it?
J school is only PART of what’s wrong with the picture.

By: Michael Rodriguez

Michael Rodriguez — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:46:11 +0000

Hi,
can you post a link to the whole article?

By: earnie

earnie — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 16:05:29 +0000

I like how all of you are SHOCKED that the media is like this. They have been lazy for years. I know of a PhD who gave a speech in 1996 and he said “Beware the Government-Media Complex.” How true that was.
The press has missed so many stories over the past 10 years that it is pitiful. Think of stories like the Oil for Food Program at the U.N. that had to be covered by small time reporters. Or think of the story of the illegal immigrants taking the ranch of an American citizen because they claim that they were accosted, even though no witnesses saw them be touched. Also in that story one of the members of the Ranch Rescue organization that was helping out the rancher was supposedly held by the Governor of Arizona under the Patriot Act with no charges being filed. Furthermore, you have the ongoing situation in Kosovo and the burning of churches and killing of non-Muslims. Kosovo has also become a haven and possible training ground for Islmo-Facists terrorists.

By: Marc

Marc — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:52:57 +0000

Tragic. The world of journalism has fallen into a truly sad state of affairs. Thank goodness we have blogs providing independent thinking, reporting and analysis – even if some it is on the lunatic fringe. If I were restricted to the pablum being fed via mainstream media, I”d probably have voted for the current crop of clowns!

By: Rob Smith

Rob Smith — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 15:03:08 +0000

Huh, imagine that. News reports that aren’t spun. Isn’t that illegal nowadays? Actually reporting the facts instead of opinion about the facts seems to be going the way of the dinosaurs. There are fewer and fewer actual reporters of the truth out there. That’s one of the reasons I appreciate your columns and other outlets. Yes, you give your opinions (usually spot on) but you clearly report the facts, *then* give your spin and make sure it’s clear that it’s your spin.

This problem was truly shown the clearest when Mr. Moore won the Oscar for his propaganda film masquerading as a documentary.

By: R Taylor

R Taylor — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:41:57 +0000

You know dang well that the market appeal on their tapes are more important than their resumes when it comes to hiring. Talent takes a back seat to looks. Can you imagine Ernie Pyle or Edward R. Murrow being hired for on camera work in todays cheese cake world. Just more of our plastic society. Even a pop singer can’t get a job unless she can pass as a playboy centerfold. They don’t want to be journalist, they want to be 7 figure TV stars. John I swear I got to stop read this thing, you end up getting my blood pressure up every day.

By: Ima Fish

Ima Fish — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 14:17:40 +0000

Twelvetwo comes through again!

When a disaster is happening, either an act of god or man made, NOW is always the time to figure out the cause. Waiting until memories fade and events are forgotten never makes sense unless your intent is to cover it up.