November 30th, 2005, 03:48 AM
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Don't touch my tail!
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POD: Organized Media Purpose
Always thought this was pretty clear cut but have learned over the last few years that there are differing opinions as to what the organized media's purpose is.
Primary - meaning thier main objective.
Mass media - meaning most Organized news agencies. (ABC, CBS, FOX, CNN, etc. - not Op-Ed, Bloggs, etc)
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November 30th, 2005, 06:21 AM
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A Whole New World
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Cover and report events, and STFU about your own personal bias, you jerkslags.
ARRGH...I hate the media.
Tonight, as you just saw on Lost, someone you know might be killed!!! By a household appliance....at ten.
At ten you find out some crag stuck his head in a garbage disposal and died, so all you other nomadbrains better be careful!!!
Thank god I decided in college not to report the news, but to influence it. The joys of doing a NBC internship...thank the lord. :notworthy :notworthy
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November 30th, 2005, 06:23 AM
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H.S.
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Inform
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November 30th, 2005, 06:29 AM
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A Whole New World
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To be true, cover and report, and inform the public are basically the same thing. You can't have one without the other. 
Unless you mean cover and report on cat fashion shows...then yeah, I wanna change my vote. But I guess some people (must) want to be informed about the latest pussycat fashion.
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You see, Cards fans, when you love a team without likin' it, the games can be long and cold, and contempt comes up with the sun...
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November 30th, 2005, 06:32 AM
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Registered
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Pennsylvania
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The primary purpose of TODAYS AMERICAN media is to Influence Society
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November 30th, 2005, 07:01 AM
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Registered User
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Inform the Public but unfortunatly it is all about 'ratings' now.
So choices one and two are what is really going on.
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I'm sorry Thomas!!!
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November 30th, 2005, 07:07 AM
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Originally Posted by PortlandCardFan
Inform the Public but unfortunatly it is all about 'ratings' now.
So choices one and two are what is really going on.
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Exactly! And it sucks that it's gone there...
Infotainment - 
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-Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain)
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November 30th, 2005, 07:58 AM
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Too much good stuff
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Originally Posted by CardLogic
Exactly! And it sucks that it's gone there...
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You can thank the glory of capitalism. |
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November 30th, 2005, 08:00 AM
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observationist
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Originally Posted by Rivercard
You can thank the glory of capitalism.
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Yea, that is the source of all our problems.  |
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November 30th, 2005, 08:01 AM
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Too much good stuff
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Originally Posted by SirChaz
Yea, that is the source of all our problems. |
No. Capitalism brings good stuff with the bad. |
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November 30th, 2005, 08:04 AM
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Killer Snail
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Originally, to inform. Today, the bottom line on media coverage is the bottom line.
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November 30th, 2005, 08:55 AM
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observationist
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Originally Posted by Rivercard
No. Capitalism brings good stuff with the bad.
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No, PEOPLE bring good and bad.
Capitalism is a system of opportunity and economic freedom.
Capitalism is not an animated "thing" that imposes it's own will.
As it relates to the media, anti-capitalism and institutionalization is more of a problem than capitalism and competition. |
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November 30th, 2005, 09:08 AM
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Too much good stuff
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Originally Posted by SirChaz
No, PEOPLE bring good and bad.
Capitalism is a system of opportunity and economic freedom.
Capitalism is not an animated "thing" that imposes it's own will.
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Yes, people are responsible for their deeds. But capitalism rewards and supports certain behaviors - not all of them ethical.
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Originally Posted by SirChaz
As it relates to the media, anti-capitalism and institutionalization is more of a problem than capitalism and competition.
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I agree. |
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November 30th, 2005, 10:05 AM
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DEFENSE!!!!
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Dirty commie, pinko, liberal media------------- 
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November 30th, 2005, 10:13 AM
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Next NY Gov
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Covering and reporting events is what I think their primary job should be. However, it can also be the same as informing the public as well because once the reporting is done then people can say they are informed. (to what level is debateable but at least on the facts).
I don't believe that it is the media's place to try to influence public opinion directly and deliberately. If reported facts affect the majority of Americans to take a particular position then that is fine. What would be wrong is if the media takes facts and only reports them in a particular light for the sole purpose of taking one side or the other on an issue.
Unbiased, fair and balanced (just to get you Fox haters out there..  ) is how I would like to see the media report news.
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