Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07

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Subject: [Leica] doing it for real
From: leowesson at gmail.com (leo wesson)
Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 10:34:53 -0500
References: <83F6E465236549968291D19D65F6C199@Bigguy> <200905061323.BOF29218@rg4.comporium.net> <483345F1-ACDC-4CC1-81D7-E307543186CC@charter.net> <4A01C6AC.2080704@tele2.fr> <26D26E71-75C1-44DF-B658-002ED2BFF613@charter.net> <3cad89990905061953y27b0c474j1f2a9785c3bbecb1@mail.gmail.com>

I get my news online from BBC, Al Jazeera, NY Times and my local news
website.  Hopefully that all balances out.  If I find something of interest,
I will go to a news source from that area.

Leo Wesson
Photographer/Videographer
817.733.9157
www.leowesson.com


On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at 
gmail.com>wrote:

> Who would you listen to, given the choice? With your approach, I doubt
> whether you can read any newspaper, magazine, blog or book, or watch
> any TV channel anywhere in the world, because they all espouse a point
> of view. Or do you do what most people do, only read/watch what fits
> in with what they already think? I really feel sorry for you!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov
> <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote:
> > 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
> >>>>
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] doing it for real)
In reply to: Message from walt at waltjohnson.com (Walt Johnson) ([Leica] doing it for real)
Message from images at comporium.net (Tina Manley) ([Leica] doing it for real)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] doing it for real)
Message from philippe.amard at tele2.fr (Philippe AMARD) ([Leica] doing it for real)
Message from s.dimitrov at charter.net (Slobodan Dimitrov) ([Leica] doing it for real)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] doing it for real)