Comments on: Time to say goodnight? http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Bernard http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264392 Bernard Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:46:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264392 I'm sceptical of these journalists who lament the 'decline' of journalism. It seems to me they misunderstand the purpose of corporate newspapers and overinflate the importance of their own role, not the mention the objectivity or utility of their writings.<br/><br/>If you relied upon a corporate newspaper like the LAT, the SMH or the NYT for 'news' you'd be fundamentally misled and wouldn't have any idea what is going on in the world.<br/><br/>A newspaper is essentially a piece of junkmail - the advertising is the content and purpose of it. The role of the journalist is the same as that of the photographer, layout guy or designer - catch the eye for a moment to try and stop the thing from going straight into the recycling bin.<br/><br/>As far as I'm concerned the corporate media cannot die fast enough, and should be boycotted while its still alive. Yes, the internet and blogs contain vast amounts of rubbish but the great, revolutionary advantage they have is that they are free to create, decentralised and independent. You can search for and read any amount of quality stuff, as we've all been doing since our minds first boggled at the concept of hyperlinks leading to a virtual infinitude of free material on the 'web'. I’m sceptical of these journalists who lament the ‘decline’ of journalism. It seems to me they misunderstand the purpose of corporate newspapers and overinflate the importance of their own role, not the mention the objectivity or utility of their writings.

If you relied upon a corporate newspaper like the LAT, the SMH or the NYT for ‘news’ you’d be fundamentally misled and wouldn’t have any idea what is going on in the world.

A newspaper is essentially a piece of junkmail - the advertising is the content and purpose of it. The role of the journalist is the same as that of the photographer, layout guy or designer - catch the eye for a moment to try and stop the thing from going straight into the recycling bin.

As far as I’m concerned the corporate media cannot die fast enough, and should be boycotted while its still alive. Yes, the internet and blogs contain vast amounts of rubbish but the great, revolutionary advantage they have is that they are free to create, decentralised and independent. You can search for and read any amount of quality stuff, as we’ve all been doing since our minds first boggled at the concept of hyperlinks leading to a virtual infinitude of free material on the ‘web’.

]]> By: Antony Loewenstein http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264337 Antony Loewenstein Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:11:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264337 Sadly, this is already happening and many a blogger are also affiliated with corporates, or their agenda, or their bank balance. <br/>As with any 'new' medium, some will sink, some will last. And many, if not most, will be corrupted by the corporate dollar. Sadly, this is already happening and many a blogger are also affiliated with corporates, or their agenda, or their bank balance.
As with any ‘new’ medium, some will sink, some will last. And many, if not most, will be corrupted by the corporate dollar.

]]> By: Pete's Blog http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264335 Pete's Blog Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:09:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264335 I agree glenn<br/><br/>As advertisers increasingly shift their loot from papers to blogs greed will corrupt many a blogmeister.<br/><br/>The Murdoch's are too shrewd to let a new medium usurp their power or profits. I agree glenn

As advertisers increasingly shift their loot from papers to blogs greed will corrupt many a blogmeister.

The Murdoch’s are too shrewd to let a new medium usurp their power or profits.

]]> By: Glenn Condell http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264328 Glenn Condell Wed, 30 Nov 2005 02:43:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264328 Watch out for the next lie hatcheries indeed... once it's crystal clear to Money and Power that blogs are where influence will thrive or die, they will endeavour to drown us in cyberbullshit... hundreds of fake establishment cheerlead blogs, or talking point blogs whose authors are happy to take the taxpayer's dime via backhand payments. Armies of onside commenters like the trolls Ant is blessed with here.<br/><br/>Re newspapers' demise, this from Atrios:<br/><br/>'It isn't blogs that destroyed the Gatekeepers. It wasn't blogs that put Rush Limbaugh on as an election analyst. It wasn't blogs that gave Bill O'Reilly the flagship show on a major cable news network. It wasn't blogs that gave Michael Savage his own television show on a cable news network. It wasn't blogs that put Ann Coulter on the cover of a major national news magazine. It wasn't blogs that created all of the various and often fact free screaming heads shows. It wasn't blogs that gave syndicated columns to numerous conservatives with little or no experience in journalism. It wasn't blogs that devoted the summer of 2001 to Gary Condit (uh, ok, well, maybe Josh helped a bit) and the summer of 2005 to a missing girl in Aruba. It wasn't blogs that invented the New York Post or Washington Times. And, it wasn't blogs that were responsible for all of the errors that this wonderful organization tracks on a regular basis.<br/><br/>Gatekeeper media may be dead, but to a great degree they dug their own grave and dove right in. Blogs didn't really get there until after the funeral.' Watch out for the next lie hatcheries indeed… once it’s crystal clear to Money and Power that blogs are where influence will thrive or die, they will endeavour to drown us in cyberbullshit… hundreds of fake establishment cheerlead blogs, or talking point blogs whose authors are happy to take the taxpayer’s dime via backhand payments. Armies of onside commenters like the trolls Ant is blessed with here.

Re newspapers’ demise, this from Atrios:

‘It isn’t blogs that destroyed the Gatekeepers. It wasn’t blogs that put Rush Limbaugh on as an election analyst. It wasn’t blogs that gave Bill O’Reilly the flagship show on a major cable news network. It wasn’t blogs that gave Michael Savage his own television show on a cable news network. It wasn’t blogs that put Ann Coulter on the cover of a major national news magazine. It wasn’t blogs that created all of the various and often fact free screaming heads shows. It wasn’t blogs that gave syndicated columns to numerous conservatives with little or no experience in journalism. It wasn’t blogs that devoted the summer of 2001 to Gary Condit (uh, ok, well, maybe Josh helped a bit) and the summer of 2005 to a missing girl in Aruba. It wasn’t blogs that invented the New York Post or Washington Times. And, it wasn’t blogs that were responsible for all of the errors that this wonderful organization tracks on a regular basis.

Gatekeeper media may be dead, but to a great degree they dug their own grave and dove right in. Blogs didn’t really get there until after the funeral.’

]]> By: kei & yuri http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264322 kei & yuri Wed, 30 Nov 2005 01:25:00 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2005/11/30/time-to-say-goodnight/#comment-264322 Watch out for the next lie hatcheries; after all, what's really wrong with newspapers isn't that they're quaint, but that they're malicious apologists and aggressive propagandists for Money and Power. Watch out for the next lie hatcheries; after all, what’s really wrong with newspapers isn’t that they’re quaint, but that they’re malicious apologists and aggressive propagandists for Money and Power.

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