A recent review on The Online Journalism Review written by Robert Niles shedded a new light on NBC's poor decision to block out the Olympics.
While everyone else in the world including me shared their negative views on NBC poor decision Niles decided to look at this situation in a different way.
He praised NBC for denying him the choice to watch the Olympics on their network stating that, But by denying me the chance to watch the Olympics live (which are taking place in the same time zone where I live, by the way), NBC's pushed me to search the Web for live video and coverage, allowing me to find lively, even wildly entertaining, streams of coverage that I'd never have found if I'd been able to watch the games live on my TV.
That's an important lesson for all news publishers. If you don't provide the information that your audience wants, in the manner that they want it, people not only will they seek alternatives... but they might find ones that they strongly prefer to yours.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Hurricane Katrina Celebrated?
Obama education secretary Arne Duncan told a cable news show (TV One's Washington Watch, 1/31/10), "I think the best thing that happened to the education system in New Orleans was Hurricane Katrina." In reporting on Duncan's remarks, the January 30 Washington Post apparently couldn't find anyone to challenge the notion that Katrina was a good thing.
Nowhere in the CNN segment or the Washington Post report was there anyone to challenge Duncan's remarks or to explain that the reason New Orleans test scores have increased is that post-Katrina rebuilding has largely driven out the poor and black populations who had been so poorly served by the city's schools pre-Katrina.
While I am happy that something positive is being reported about New Orleans post Katrina, I do not like that fact this "good" news is as a result of a terrible tragedy.
Nowhere in the CNN segment or the Washington Post report was there anyone to challenge Duncan's remarks or to explain that the reason New Orleans test scores have increased is that post-Katrina rebuilding has largely driven out the poor and black populations who had been so poorly served by the city's schools pre-Katrina.
While I am happy that something positive is being reported about New Orleans post Katrina, I do not like that fact this "good" news is as a result of a terrible tragedy.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Homosexual Media Targets Christians
Cliff Kinkaid bashes The Washington Post for "blasting" the government of Uganda. Their government is considering a law to protect children from homosexual predators and the dangerous public health impact of the homosexual lifestyle.
Kinkaid's overall plight with the Post is the prejudice way it was reported.
Johnathan Capehart of the Post writes, " If the law passes, Uganda should be punished by the international community. I would love for the U.S. to strip the country of foreign aid. Nothing focuses the mind like cash deprivation."
The determination of this major paper to use its influence to impose acceptance of homosexuality on Uganda, possibly using foreign aid as a lever is not something that generates outrage or even concern in the rest of the nations media.
Kinkaid feels that Capehart's own personal battle with homosexuality has seeped into his work. He writes, "It is clear that Johnathan Capehart's basic problem is with Christian character of the opposition to his lifestyle."
Kinkaid goes on to talk about the protesting Capehart has done in the U.S for gay rights. He also shows how Kinkaid supports Obama appeal to allow homosexual and lesbians serve openly in the military.
My only question is "Don't we have enough to worry about in our own country?" Its not enough that we (U.S.) have our own issues...i.e--the war, recession, job loss, racism. We have to go bother someone else in their country and tell them how they should run it.
I really truly believe that we would get a lot of things done if we took the advice our mothers kindly gave us.."Mind your own damn business." It is not the concern of ours what Uganda decides to do about gay rights in Uganda. How does that affect America? It doesn't!
Furthermore, I am getting sick and tired of the bias in the media. We have got to find a way to report the news without allowing our hypocritical selves show up.
Kinkaid's overall plight with the Post is the prejudice way it was reported.
Johnathan Capehart of the Post writes, " If the law passes, Uganda should be punished by the international community. I would love for the U.S. to strip the country of foreign aid. Nothing focuses the mind like cash deprivation."
The determination of this major paper to use its influence to impose acceptance of homosexuality on Uganda, possibly using foreign aid as a lever is not something that generates outrage or even concern in the rest of the nations media.
Kinkaid feels that Capehart's own personal battle with homosexuality has seeped into his work. He writes, "It is clear that Johnathan Capehart's basic problem is with Christian character of the opposition to his lifestyle."
Kinkaid goes on to talk about the protesting Capehart has done in the U.S for gay rights. He also shows how Kinkaid supports Obama appeal to allow homosexual and lesbians serve openly in the military.
My only question is "Don't we have enough to worry about in our own country?" Its not enough that we (U.S.) have our own issues...i.e--the war, recession, job loss, racism. We have to go bother someone else in their country and tell them how they should run it.
I really truly believe that we would get a lot of things done if we took the advice our mothers kindly gave us.."Mind your own damn business." It is not the concern of ours what Uganda decides to do about gay rights in Uganda. How does that affect America? It doesn't!
Furthermore, I am getting sick and tired of the bias in the media. We have got to find a way to report the news without allowing our hypocritical selves show up.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Politicians find new ways to use the media
Politicians are no strangers to the media. For many years I've seen their commercials where they stand proudly with their families in front of an American flag expressing their views and making promises.
Senator Scott Brown has taken using the media to the next level with social media. According to Wikipedia social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.
Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content"[1].
Social media outreach increased Brown’s name recognition among likely voters, according to the study. In November 2009, 51 percent had heard of Brown; by January 2010 his name recognition was up to 95 percent.
I think that we should all be on the lookout for more politicians in the future using this form of social media.
Senator Scott Brown has taken using the media to the next level with social media. According to Wikipedia social media uses Internet and web-based technologies to transform broadcast media monologues (one to many) into social media dialogues (many to many). It supports the democratization of knowledge and information, transforming people from content consumers into content producers.
Andreas Kaplan and Michael Haenlein define social media as "a group of Internet-based applications that build on the ideological and technological foundations of Web 2.0, and that allow the creation and exchange of user-generated content"[1].
Social media outreach increased Brown’s name recognition among likely voters, according to the study. In November 2009, 51 percent had heard of Brown; by January 2010 his name recognition was up to 95 percent.
I think that we should all be on the lookout for more politicians in the future using this form of social media.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Bias in the Media
Losing the Pro-Abortion Media Bias by Cliff Kincaid
On the surface it seems that this article is about abortion related news being broadcast in a biased way. Cliff Kincaid who is the writer of this article talks about a former NY times reporter(Alex S. Jones) who has written a book entitled "Losing the News." In it Jones talks about how other reporters and news stations reports abortion related information the news in a bias way. When it comes to abortion Jones is pro choice but admits that, "Reporters as a group tend to be pro-choice, and pro-life advocates have long complained that these biases have skewed the way the story is reported." In the book, Jones gives vivid examples and name names.
Although this article mainly focuses on abortion related topics if one were to peel back a few layers you would see that..."Houston we have a bigger problem." A lot of people may read this story and only think that abortion related stories are being reported in a bias manner. However, the more important issue in my mind is if the news has the power to alter such a serious issue such as abortion, what other important issues are being reported in this same manner?
Candace L. Smith
On the surface it seems that this article is about abortion related news being broadcast in a biased way. Cliff Kincaid who is the writer of this article talks about a former NY times reporter(Alex S. Jones) who has written a book entitled "Losing the News." In it Jones talks about how other reporters and news stations reports abortion related information the news in a bias way. When it comes to abortion Jones is pro choice but admits that, "Reporters as a group tend to be pro-choice, and pro-life advocates have long complained that these biases have skewed the way the story is reported." In the book, Jones gives vivid examples and name names.
Although this article mainly focuses on abortion related topics if one were to peel back a few layers you would see that..."Houston we have a bigger problem." A lot of people may read this story and only think that abortion related stories are being reported in a bias manner. However, the more important issue in my mind is if the news has the power to alter such a serious issue such as abortion, what other important issues are being reported in this same manner?
Candace L. Smith
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Census Article
This article is about an advertisement company that encourages the masses to participate in the census.
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