Bebop on 20/4/2008 at 19:24
The media has a ridiculous amount of influence in our politics. They frame our political discourse in any way they want. And because they are focused on ratings rather than issues (boring) they go for the cheap entertainment and controversy.
The internet has changed this dynamic some, but much of the political online discourse is on the same controversy that's on TV and there are very few that are focusing on real issues or news.
There have been some attempts to have real news and real discussion. Democracy Now! is a good example, but it hasn't gotten real traction.
What do you think the role of the media will be a decade from now? Will it ever return to a responsible, respectable sense of journalism or is it a lost cause. Will the internet dwarf TV News coverage much like TV did with the print media.
Also, where do you guys get your news? Are there some good sites I've been missing?
Kolya on 20/4/2008 at 19:48
Your political post lacks entertainment value.
SubJeff on 20/4/2008 at 20:00
I think politics is a lost cause. Who cares about the media? Countries are too big, the populations are too big. It's nigh on impossible to actually make a difference.
Thief13x on 20/4/2008 at 21:05
heh, funny you posted this, I was watching a Hannity and Colmes archive episode from 1999...it's amazing how it hasn't changed at all, even from before 9/11 (Hannity has a little more grey now and Colmes is sporting some new wrinkles)
other than that...media doesn't change...we had the internet back then, media is media is media is media...can't get around it, it really just depends on which country you get it from.
Chade on 20/4/2008 at 21:12
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
I think politics is a lost cause. Who cares about the media? Countries are too big, the populations are too big. It's nigh on impossible to actually make a difference.
Isn't this a funny attitude to take in a country that is currently blessed with 3 pretty strong presidential candidates?
I mean, god: you could be living in a country like Italy ...
BEAR on 20/4/2008 at 21:21
I didnt think subjeff was from America (assuming you were even talking about the US).
SubJeff on 20/4/2008 at 22:32
I live in the UK and we don't even HAVE a president. Well, sometimes the PM tries to be a bit presidential but thats when things have gone REALLY wrong.
Ghostly Apparition on 20/4/2008 at 22:43
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
I think politics is a lost cause. Who cares about the media? Countries are too big, the populations are too big. It's nigh on impossible to actually make a difference.
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
I live in the UK and we don't even HAVE a president. Well, sometimes the PM tries to be a bit presidential but thats when things have gone REALLY wrong.
yeah, everyone knows how enormous the UK is. :laff:
Chade on 20/4/2008 at 22:59
Quote Posted by BEAR
I didnt think subjeff was from America (assuming you were even talking about the US).
Yeah, you're right, and I did make that assumption without any particular reason for it ...
EDIT: Ah, and SE isn't from America. Sorry, SE ... :o
