Comments on: Dear Media, Part I: Diagnosis http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:29:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: edlilly http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-217161 Wed, 16 May 2007 20:38:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-217161 <strong>edlilly</strong> A highly commendable job. edlilly

A highly commendable job.

]]> by: The Mahablog » Dear Media, Part II: The Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18154 Tue, 04 Jul 2006 01:35:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18154 [...] Several commenters to Dear Media, Part I pointed to corporate ownership of media as the cause of media corruption. Corporate ownership certainly is an important factor, but the situation is more complex than that. And worse. [...] […] Several commenters to Dear Media, Part I pointed to corporate ownership of media as the cause of media corruption. Corporate ownership certainly is an important factor, but the situation is more complex than that. And worse. […]

]]> by: ironranger http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18065 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 13:04:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18065 As someone who was born in the 50's, I can remember &#38; contrast the vast difference between the era of Walter Cronkite &#38; others news shows vs today's msm crapola. I often think how the viewing audience then would have reacted if Walter or any of the others of the time had started their program with the words, "Let's play hardball!" I think viewers would have thought networks had lost their minds. I love it when Randi Rhodes plays a clip of a Hardball show (I believe) with everyone screaming all at once &#38; Chris saying, "Guys, guys...". It's the schoolyard playground with no monitors. Sad...younger people have only experienced this spinfotainment that passes for news. Finding &#38; watching old clips (pre-disintegration of news reporting) would be instructive. As someone who was born in the 50’s, I can remember & contrast the vast difference between the era of Walter Cronkite & others news shows vs today’s msm crapola. I often think how the viewing audience then would have reacted if Walter or any of the others of the time had started their program with the words, “Let’s play hardball!” I think viewers would have thought networks had lost their minds. I love it when Randi Rhodes plays a clip of a Hardball show (I believe) with everyone screaming all at once & Chris saying, “Guys, guys…”. It’s the schoolyard playground with no monitors. Sad…younger people have only experienced this spinfotainment that passes for news. Finding & watching old clips (pre-disintegration of news reporting) would be instructive.

]]> by: Britwit http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18059 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 04:26:51 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18059 I totally agree Maha. It disgusts me to hear and read some of the b.s. that is dispensed. I totally agree Maha. It disgusts me to hear and read some of the b.s. that is dispensed.

]]> by: Dan S. http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18051 Sun, 02 Jul 2006 02:21:09 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18051 "But no; the Times is now the ur-Goat." It's all about the Two Minute Hate . . . “But no; the Times is now the ur-Goat.”

It’s all about the Two Minute Hate . . .

]]> by: sammy1 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18032 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 12:17:29 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18032 As long as the corporations are running the media, we will have the same lack of responsible discussion. The ratings/money is in the fight and choosing sides not the consensus. Case in point: the Super Bowl. The "corpmedia" only wants a close game so people keep watching until the end; they care not at all or which team wins. As long as the corporations are running the media, we will have the same lack of responsible discussion. The ratings/money is in the fight and choosing sides not the consensus. Case in point: the Super Bowl. The “corpmedia” only wants a close game so people keep watching until the end; they care not at all or which team wins.

]]> by: maha http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18031 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 10:01:47 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18031 roman: I don't believe I've ever read anything by Howie Kunstler, so I can't speak to his opinions. It's not clear to me what you are saying, but the dysfunction of the federal government is as yet a separate thing from local econonomies, and large numbers of people have yet to notice an impact on their personal lives. I say yet because if we continue our present course it's going to hit everyone but the most wealthy eventually, although perhaps not for a few years. roman: I don’t believe I’ve ever read anything by Howie Kunstler, so I can’t speak to his opinions. It’s not clear to me what you are saying, but the dysfunction of the federal government is as yet a separate thing from local econonomies, and large numbers of people have yet to notice an impact on their personal lives. I say yet because if we continue our present course it’s going to hit everyone but the most wealthy eventually, although perhaps not for a few years.

]]> by: roman eos http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18030 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 08:06:16 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18030 Hi Barbara, I may be a little misplaced at this site because I hit 'this' unwittingly on rss feed from your 'Culture' posting over at GG's.. So I hope it's no bother for you. My query is whether you're "screwed" frame of mind came from Howie Kunstler. He wrote "The Long Emergency" and I would have to say that it was long itself for all he had to say back in 2005. Significant is that in this year 06 his focus is a little sharper and depression less obvious. The reason is that that the mid, east and west US states are no longer a kind of dysfunctional urbanity—there's a better drive going on there with folks picking a sense of their land for the nation instead of their own despair. I could be wrong, but better is the living example they are aquiring. Good for them! We might encourage this, and this kind of thing for our performances, too. Anyways tks for this opportunity to comment Hi Barbara,

I may be a little misplaced at this site because I hit ‘this’ unwittingly on rss feed from your ‘Culture’ posting over at GG’s..

So I hope it’s no bother for you. My query is whether you’re “screwed” frame of mind came from Howie Kunstler. He wrote “The Long Emergency” and I would have to say that it was long itself for all he had to say back in 2005.

Significant is that in this year 06 his focus is a little sharper and depression less obvious. The reason is that that the mid, east and west US states are no longer a kind of dysfunctional urbanity—there’s a better drive going on there with folks picking a sense of their land for the nation instead of their own despair.

I could be wrong, but better is the living example they are aquiring.
Good for them!

We might encourage this, and this kind of thing for our performances, too.

Anyways tks for this opportunity to comment

]]> by: zeus http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18029 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 06:02:50 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18029 You could substitute 'Dear Bush Voters' for 'Dear Media' and have just as valid an argument. Isn't this the same media that sat on the phone-tapping story until after the 2004 presidential election (a small fact that, if exposed, just may have tipped the election the other way). Left-leaning my ass. You could substitute ‘Dear Bush Voters’ for ‘Dear Media’ and have just as valid an argument.

Isn’t this the same media that sat on the phone-tapping story until after the 2004 presidential election (a small fact that, if exposed, just may have tipped the election the other way). Left-leaning my ass.

]]> by: Cassidy http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18028 Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:31:30 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/06/30/dear-media-part-i-diagnosis/#comment-18028 Among the things we desperately need is the reinstatement of something like the Fairness Doctrine. We need this so that freedom of speech is a reality, not just a pretty phrase. It was created after WWII, killed by Reaganites. There is a very good review of how governmental regulation via the Fairness Doctrine created more balance in the traditional media at: http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0212-03.htm Reinstating this is one of the steps that will be vital to overcome the current biased stranglehold of the traditional media and recover our democracy. Among the things we desperately need is the reinstatement of something like the Fairness Doctrine. We need this so that freedom of speech is a reality, not just a pretty phrase.

It was created after WWII, killed by Reaganites. There is a very good review of how governmental regulation via the Fairness Doctrine created more balance in the traditional media at:
http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0212-03.htm

Reinstating this is one of the steps that will be vital to overcome the current biased stranglehold of the traditional media and recover our democracy.

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