Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is sort of true. There are some European publications that do publish compelling work that US publications (who worry about what people are eating when they are reading their publications) but on the other hand, I find many European publications are as sensationalistic or more so than American publications. Some make no pretense of balance in their reporting. They take sides and they fight dirty. At least many of the journalists who work in American publications understand they are working for monopolies in their circulation areas and attempt to subvert the "commercial" message that owners and advertisers would like their publications to carry. At least the ones who have any integrity at all do what they can to subvert the "business" agenda of the commercial sides of their publications when those agendas do not serve the public. Which explains whey owners of news media outlets tend to be conservative and the worker bees tend to be more liberal. It sort of balances out. On Friday, September 5, 2003, at 02:05 PM, Saganich, Christopher/Medical Physics wrote: > The average person is exposed to a staggering volume of purposely > coded imagery compared to what we may call traditional > photojournalism, at least in the States. Europe seems a little more > balanced in this regard. "There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man [person] in everlasting ignorance – that principle is contempt prior to investigation." - --Herbert Spencer - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html