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Monday, July 19 2004
My News Is News. So I saw this documentary on Fox News over the weekend, and it's an enlightening view on the distortions and assertions made in the media. Not just Fox, but all corporate media. Also, a comment over the weekend that "TV news is shit, always has been." My idea is something of the nature of San Francisco Indymedia, but more local. Like news relevant to your neighborhood, or news relevant to your block. Things that matter, like city news, planning, events, etc. Sometimes the city is too big, honestly. The news that comes off of the large media outlets is obviously poor, and generally targeted. The news that comes off the indy news wire engages the activist in all of us, but it does not come off as local news. There are stories in both of these channels that are indeed local, or have impact in my life, but I was thinking it would be great to organize a grassroots news collective. That way, you have local news from all over the place. Hm... Saturday, July 17 2004I Love Internet Radio A short interlude on the current radio station that I am listening to (which is internet broadcast): "I would like to say hello to my friends at the R.I.A.A. ... Wait. ... I don't have any friends at the R.I.A.A." This, said in a monotone computer-generated voice. am. dying. laughing. Tuesday, July 13 2004Buckle Your Seatbelts. I'm thinking of redesigning. Anyone got ideas? I just found the 'Supernova' filter in Gimp. Cooool. Thursday, July 01 2004Which Spin? This shit has got so mixed up lately, it's almost worse than fear. You see how all these people in the media are shouting left, shouting right? The spin goes this way, the spin goes that way. This person is lying, distorting the truth. This expose on this former lying person is distorting the truth. This revealing article reveals the expose authors distortion again. Learning anything from them is like seeing your image in a hall of circus mirrors. You can't ascribe any attribute of reality to it. At all. I say it is worse than fear, this is why: fear is a visceral, real, and undeniable emotion. It's something that can heighten your senses, cause a true physical reaction. Something that is REAL, and cannot be denied. This world of grays reminds me of the Soundgarden song, Superunknown. A part of the verse goes like, "If this doesn't make you smile/You don't have to cry./If this isn't making sense/It doesn't make it lies." (full lyrics available here) At this point, I prefer the reality of fearing something concrete (NOT SPIN) as opposed to the back and forth flip-flopping of subjective reporting. I suppose this is all part of the web's expansion and ease of use - now everybody can do it (everybody that can afford it). |
