Good point. I don't think cencorship is a good thing because it could limit good media and news and stories, at the same time there is that possibility of gaining material from some definately 'not right' sources.
--- In [email protected], Randolfe Wicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The press run as a herd. I doubt the NYT or anyone else is going to suddenly do an article about some of the great talents lurking around here. That is just "too nice". > > No. Someone will videotape something really terrible or sensational (Rodney King style) and that will cause that incident to get attention. Then the media will latch onto vlogging as a secondary interest---if Mr. X hadn't realized his actions were being videotaped, was his privacy violated? etc. > > I've seen it happen so many times before. I've been in the midst of several media "feeding frenzies". The problem is that you really have no control over them once they start. You really don't know where they will end up. They are also totally random. Instead of focusing on people really playing key roles in vlogging, they might end up focusing on crazy person who has just managed to capture their attention. > > I spent last weekend in Indianapolis working with filmmakers who are making a documentary about how the Raelians took over the cloning debate and totally warped all the public discussion even though they were absolute loonies. > > The same thing could happen with vlogging. Let somebody make a vlog showing how to make meth amphetamine in your own kitchen or something and watch the sparks fly.. > > I wouldn't be surprised to see some sicko (like that serial killer they just caught) film himself killing someone or something and getting it vlogged on the Internet. I never saw the beheading of Daniel Pearl but I think it became quite popular on the Internet. > > > Randolfe (Randy) Wicker > > Videographer, Writer, Activist > Advisor: The Immortality Institute > Hoboken, NJ > http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ > 201-656-3280 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Susan > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 12:39 AM > Subject: [videoblogging] Re: NY Times OP Ed "on" Vlogging > > > I see so many articles like this, walk right up to the front door of > videoblogging, scream at its surface, then turn around and walk > away. It doesn't actually *talk* about videoblogging at all! When > is the public eye going to be able to see the creativity and genius > that lurks within? argh! > > Susan > > > > --- In [email protected], Jan McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On videoblogging. Hehehe. > > > > The link has been "translated" so you don't have to log in or > anything. > > > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/24/opinion/24thu4.html? > > > ex=1290488400&en=73e6dd53a278e040&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss > > > > > > Jan > > > > -- > > "It isn't done alone. Pay more." > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/roadnode101/ - education > > http://fauxpress.blogspot.com - motion > > http://blog.urbanartadventures.com - sound > > http://vlogpresskit.blogspot.com - media > > http://the-hold.blogspot.com - literature > > . > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > a.. Visit your group "videoblogging" on the web. > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/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/
