--- In [email protected], Adrian Miles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > around the 6/9/05 Jay dedman mentioned about Re: [videoblogging] > Gov't always wins the election that: > >maybe this is a differnce between US and Danish news. > >US news has become almost completely unbelievable. > >i believe that videoblogging/first-hand reports lend credibility. > >people can play with reality (Nathan's "Modern Single Dad")...but for > >the most part, i see most videoblogs as being extremely open, > >sensitive, and believable. > >funny you brought of the example of media during the American > >revolution..."Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was one of the most > >influential citizen journalism who handed out basically a Zine. > >It told the truth that traditional media wasnt/couldnt do. > > yes, this discussion is confusing US *tv* news which is generally > intensely inward looking and quite shallow as all news. It isn't. > Here I watch an international orientated news at 6.30, then another > one at 9.30, and if i want sustained current affairs I have late > night live on radio from 10pm (people like Chomsky regular guests) or > Lateline on national TV (who have similar regular guests satellited > in from around the world). it isn't better, it is different. > > Also generalisations don't work. The New York Times is still a > qualilty broadsheet, those who want and seek deeper information can, > and do, just because TV has had to evolve to a banal common > denominator it doesn't mean all media. > > Finally, I'm a member of the KKK and I videoblog things that > represent my political views. I call myself a citizen journalist, > since videoblogging is pure citizen journalism (being a member of the > KKK, any argument about purity appeals),
Does KKK stand for something different in Australia than in the U.S.A.? >can anyone explain to me how > this is *better* journalism than that practiced by someone at least > trained in some professional practice, a code of ethics, who (even > though it is dumb) at least thinks stories have 'two' sides? I thought objectivity was the significant factor in professional journalism (getting mulitple sources, corraboration, etc.) -- Enric > -- > cheers > Adrian Miles > > hypertext.RMIT > <URL:http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vlog> ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/T8sf5C/tzNLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
