I can see how you would understand it that way... But we have to be careful of focusing too much on that specific word. I tried to be clear in my explanation surrounding the word that although the news may be, as you say "raw", but the final product is different and the news [manufacturing] process makes it so. After all, we could never suggest that the news report itself was the actual 'reality' of what is reported... It is only a simulacra [of that reality] produced by a company to be delivered in a commercial environment. I'm not saying that the stories themselves are not real, but that the news presentations must not be taken as 'reality' as this privilege is afforded only to those upon whom the news is actually based. These people experience the reality of the story. Not we, the viewers.
Debating the 'truthfulness' of news stories itself is always problematic as there are always a multitude of perspectives that are excluded from the choices made by the journalists. News organisations must select what they present, so you could say that this, is the most obvious (and powerful) part of the manufacturing process. After all, they could not show all perspectives and even if they could, news is still 'second hand' information. Benjamin ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:35 PM Subject: RE: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( > I took it to mean invent. As in "manufactured out of whole cloth," which is > a phrase usually denoting something that was invented and not truthful. > > Also, when you manufacture something, you are generally taking raw material > and turning it into something it is not, like taking metal, plastic and > rubber to manufacture a car. > > The news media, by and large, does not take raw materials and turn them into > something they are not, so in this context, manufacture sounds like you're > saying the media lies. > > H. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 2:07 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Massive blasts rock Central Jerusalem :( > > > At 06:36 AM 12/7/01 Benjamin wrote: > >The stories are manufactured. This does not mean that they were invented > out > >of thin air and not based of some kind of 'reality'. By manufactured I mean > >taken from a source, selective information and bias opinions constucted, > >edited down to have a punchy feel, music, special effect and voice over > >add... final product presented to the consumers as 'news'. This is the > >process of news manufacturing. > > This process is referred to as news packaging or > production. 'Manufacturing' usually implies 'making it up'. Perhaps that > was not the context in which you meant it, but that is the common usage of > the term, and obviously the cause of the confusion between you and Beth. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
