Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks Kit! Sounds like things are better than I thought. You were able to list a string of sources that I didn't know about. I'll check them out. Need some better bookmarks :) Daniel On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Daniel-- > > I understand, and I did not take your question as provocative. I do think in > terms of the major media, I think the bias is towards keeping the > status-quo. With GE running NBC, watch and see if you ever seen anything > nuclear-power-related. With the others, most of their foreign bureaus have > been closed, so there is very little actual coverage of events outside the > U.S. I think one needs to read and listen to many sources in order to get a > balanced view of what is happening, and that may indeed range from Al-Jazira > to The Progressive, to the NYT, to many of the independent radio media, PRI, > NPR, and many others, many of which most folks have never heard of, as they > are small, and not very powerful, but at the same time revealing much the > major media never cover. Take a look at the IPA (Independent Press > Association) at www.indypress.org for some very good titles in print and > online media. > > Kit > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Daniel > Ridings > Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 1:18 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7 > > > Kit, > DO you get any coverage that isn't biased? This isn't intended to be > provocative. I'm really curious. To me all the media reflects the owners > you list below. > > Notice how they just hate Al-Jazira ... a powerful, just as unbiased (as > any American media) that doesn't reflect their interests. > > Daniel > > > On Mon, 17 Feb 2003, Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > > > Well, given who owns most of the major media (General Electric for NBC, > > AOLTimeWarner for CNN, Disney for ABC, Viacom for CBS), it's a wonder we > get > > any coverage that isn't biased. > > > > Kit > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of bdcolen > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:05 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7 > > > > > > No, Austin, I'm not kidding. Virtually anyone and everyone who has been > > watching the media with any care since 9.11 has noted how timid even > > publications such as the Washington Post and NYTimes have been in this > > climate in which anyone who criticises the administration is considered > > "unpatriotic." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Austin > > Franklin > > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 12:16 PM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: RE: [Leica] FS: Special Anti-War Protest edition Leica M7 > > > > > > B.D., > > > > > first, caution > > > (timidity) on the part of the media, fearing that if they err on the > > > side of siting too large a number, they will lose credibility with the > > > > > "establishment;" > > > > You are, of course, kidding, right? > > > > Austin > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html