http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:38:31 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/19/205540.php#comment-86176 Bingo: <blockquote>"media is about selling advertising, aggregating an audience, and putting in enough content to keep the ads from bumping into each other."</blockquote> And now it's going further - the hot ticket in the ad bus now is merging ads into the content so you don't even need the separate ads. As an example, last night I watched "Jack & Bobby" and had never seen so many <em>Kerry-Edwards</em> buttons in a single location (I'm not a Dem so don't go to rallies). Thanks for the piece. 86176@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:38:31 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/09/19/205540.php#comment-86147 very fine job Jim, thanks! I agree with you about the direction of he media, but I think at the ground level the writers, producers, correspondents still try to do their best and see their mission as informaing the public - that view doesn't hold very far up the corporate ladder, though. I also can see myself wanting to click on links in a book like this - very telling! 86147@blogcritics.org Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:28:30 EDT