Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who would you listen to, given the choice? With your approach, I doubt whether you can read any newspaper, magazine, blog or book, or watch any TV channel anywhere in the world, because they all espouse a point of view. Or do you do what most people do, only read/watch what fits in with what they already think? I really feel sorry for you! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 3:20 AM, Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov at charter.net> wrote: > I'm in the middle of reading Human Smoke, Nicholson Baker, 2008. It's a > history of the interwar period, up to 1941, using news articles, diary > entries, etc., from a pacifist's point of view. > It's grim reading, and an indelible commentary on journalism, without > "choosing sides". > The BBC strikes me as being virtually within the same mold as Radio Free > America, Radio Free Europe, Radio Moscow, Vatican Radio, etc. Meaning it is > a "point of view" form of broadcasting, with government funding. > S.d. > > > On May 6, 2009, at 10:19 AM, Philippe AMARD wrote: > >> >> >> Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: >> >>> Outside of the former Soviet environment, British journalism is one ?of >>> the most censored on the planet. >> >> BBC included? >> >> I must listen to Bejing radio immediately >> Ph >> >> >>> Then again, on the academic level, anyone learning journalism in the ?US, >>> at the multiplicity of Annenberg School(s) for Communication, is ?taught >>> self censorship. A predictable mind provides a safe product. >>> S.d. >>> >>> >>> On May 6, 2009, at 6:23 AM, Tina Manley wrote: >>> >>>> At 08:41 AM 5/6/2009, you wrote: >>>> >>>>> Mark said: >>>>> >>>>> And why would you felt like you needed to oblige them? >>>> >>>> >>>> Because they refuse access unless you agree to their terms. ?That's >>>> ?true of more and more organizations. ?All of the photos taken on >>>> ?National >>>> Trust property in England have been removed from Alamy ?because the >>>> Trust >>>> refuses to allow photographers use photos taken ?on their grounds. >>>> ?Usually >>>> it's because the organization wants to ?make money themselves by >>>> leasing the >>>> photos - like many museums ?don't allow photography so they can sell >>>> slides >>>> and prints in the ?gift shop. >>>> >>>>> The exact same thing...When the subjects lay out ground rules for >>>>> ?access or want to review images before publication it's time to ?walk >>>>> away. >>>>> Walt >>>> >>>> >>>> I agree but there are more and more things we're having to walk ?away >>>> from these days. ?British photographers are protesting the ?National >>>> Trust >>>> stand but I doubt they'll be able to change anything. >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> Tina Manley >>>> www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >