Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm in the middle of reading Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker, 2008. It's a history of the interwar period, up to 1941, using news articles, diary entries, etc., from a pacifist's point of view. It's grim reading, and an indelible commentary on journalism, without "choosing sides". The BBC strikes me as being virtually within the same mold as Radio Free America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Moscow, Vatican Radio, etc. Meaning it is a "point of view" form of broadcasting, with government funding. S.d. On May 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote: > > > Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> Outside of the former Soviet environment, British journalism is >> one of the most censored on the planet. > > BBC included? > > I must listen to Bejing radio immediately > Ph > > >> Then again, on the academic level, anyone learning journalism in >> the US, at the multiplicity of Annenberg School(s) for >> Communication, is taught self censorship. A predictable mind >> provides a safe product. >> S.d. >> >> >> On May 6, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> At 08:41 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >>> >>>> Mark said: >>>> >>>> And why would you felt like you needed to oblige them? >>> >>> >>> Because they refuse access unless you agree to their terms. >>> That's true of more and more organizations. All of the photos >>> taken on National Trust property in England have been removed >>> from Alamy because the Trust refuses to allow photographers use >>> photos taken on their grounds. Usually it's because the >>> organization wants to make money themselves by leasing the >>> photos - like many museums don't allow photography so they can >>> sell slides and prints in the gift shop. >>> >>>> The exact same thing...When the subjects lay out ground rules >>>> for access or want to review images before publication it's >>>> time to walk away. >>>> Walt >>> >>> >>> I agree but there are more and more things we're having to walk >>> away from these days. British photographers are protesting the >>> National Trust stand but I doubt they'll be able to change anything. >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> Tina Manley >>> www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information