Re: NT Slaughters UNIX?

[Kendall Clark <kclark@superfly.ntlug.org>]

Claribba,

Yeah, that's the basic idea. As far as I know the classic work in this
area--and one I've seen the same journalists who are skewered by the work
deliberately misunderstand--is Herman and Chomksy's \\Manufacturing
Consent\\. It is totally classic. It ought to be required reading in every
high school civics course in America but, of course, that might mean that
instead of worrying about Clinton's dog and cat fighting, Americans might
actually think for themselves about the kinds of issues that effect them
everyday.

We couldn't have any of that...

Best,

Kendall Clark

On Tue, 6 Jan 1998, claribba wrote:

> Last night on our local PBS channel, there was a program entitled "Fear and
> Favor in the Newsroom".  I think it was an old program that was only shown
> here as I can find no reference to it at the PBS web site.  Studs Terkel
> did the narration, many of the interviewees were former reporters for the
> NY Times, and other mainstream newspapers.  The focus was on who owns these
> news media...paper & tv.  Most are owned by either wealthy families or huge
> corporations, with their own "code" of what is permisssable to print and
> what is forbidden.  Advertising dollars, though very important, are not the
> only reason why what you read and watch is biased towards big business and
> government.  Unfortunately, I didn't have a tape to record it, so can't
> give quotes or more details.  But that's the gist of it.  
> 
> Claire Macdonald
> 
> 
> 
> Kendall Clark wrote:
> 
> >It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who computer journalists
> >pander to: their clients! And their clients are, never mistake this, their
> >advertisers, \\not\\ their readers.
> >
> <snip>
> >
> >You should really never confuse a computer journalist or mainstream
> >computer magazine with the idealized picture of journalistic objectivity
> >that floats around in our culture. They have very little to do with one
> >another.
> >
> >Let's put it this way: if the New York Times occasionally panders to its
> >advertisers, then what can we expect from PC Magazine or Byte?
> >
> >Best,
> >
> >Kendall Clark
> >
> >
> >
>