Sorry dk.au, knee-jerk sarcasm n all that. The Courtier is a style guide for those who wish to iqucare and maintain power. There's a debate between a monarchist and a republican which struck me, in my student politics days, with it's elegance and courtesy. A contrast with the reality I saw before me. I continue to see it in this ridiculous tit for tat that passes for the American election..But on-topic:Proprietor like Murdoche28099s News Limited. According to News, the latter allows quality journalism to be funded, while the impersonal mavens of c1ff8orporate capitalism sacrifice the fourth estate to the lowest common denominator the bottom line of the buck.This is obviously horseshit..Newspapers suffer from the limitations of capital intensive, mass-market media. Unlike digital media there's not much of anything by way of direct feedback. It's also expensive to produce a newspaper in contrast to a blog. Furthermore there's no way of guaging too accurately what's being read and what's not. All of these things inhibit quality journalism in a culture where people are disinclined to become genuinely informed. There's always recourse to what most people' want.Part of the argument in the journos v. bloggers wars is often a reiteration of a tired meme that bloggers are parasitic on content created by journalists.This view of professionals' is misleading. Journalists themselves rely on feeds from Reuters and such. It's also a bit rich considering just how servile and lazy this profession has become. It's a Media Watch commonplace that published copy is often barely distinguishable from press releases. Who wants to check other sources or ask questions. It cuts into the time you can spend drinking..Then there are blogs like that are a form of direct expression not possible before the internet and that cut out the MSM altogether. And worth much more than the agitprop diatribes of a billion columnists for The Daily Rupert.
Jamaicca
Posted on Apr 23, 2012 01:12 PM AEST
Sorry dk.au, knee-jerk sarcasm n all that. The Courtier is a style guide for those who wish to iqucare and maintain power. There's a debate between a monarchist and a republican which struck me, in my student politics days, with it's elegance and courtesy. A contrast with the reality I saw before me. I continue to see it in this ridiculous tit for tat that passes for the American election..But on-topic:Proprietor like Murdoche28099s News Limited. According to News, the latter allows quality journalism to be funded, while the impersonal mavens of c1ff8orporate capitalism sacrifice the fourth estate to the lowest common denominator the bottom line of the buck.This is obviously horseshit..Newspapers suffer from the limitations of capital intensive, mass-market media. Unlike digital media there's not much of anything by way of direct feedback. It's also expensive to produce a newspaper in contrast to a blog. Furthermore there's no way of guaging too accurately what's being read and what's not. All of these things inhibit quality journalism in a culture where people are disinclined to become genuinely informed. There's always recourse to what most people' want.Part of the argument in the journos v. bloggers wars is often a reiteration of a tired meme that bloggers are parasitic on content created by journalists.This view of professionals' is misleading. Journalists themselves rely on feeds from Reuters and such. It's also a bit rich considering just how servile and lazy this profession has become. It's a Media Watch commonplace that published copy is often barely distinguishable from press releases. Who wants to check other sources or ask questions. It cuts into the time you can spend drinking..Then there are blogs like that are a form of direct expression not possible before the internet and that cut out the MSM altogether. And worth much more than the agitprop diatribes of a billion columnists for The Daily Rupert.
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