Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 >