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Tag Archives: Media

The – Ho Hum – Blogging Controversy

I haven’t swan dived into the Great Blogging Ethics Debate, as Cynthia Webb calls it in the Washington Post, because it seems pretty obvious to me: Sean-Paul Kelley is a liar, a plagiarist, and an embarrassment to the blogging community. In case you have been watching a war or something, …

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What’s In a Picture?

In this case, everything: as Saddam Hussein’s regime crumbles, the Iraqi president’s images are falling, too. The instigators are twofold: U.S. military forces and, at times, Iraqis themselves. Sometimes they do it together. “Every time we tear down a picture of Saddam, they cheer,” said Cpt. Peter McAleer, commander of …

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Blood, Tears and Sand

The truth be known I am emotional and pretty damned squeamish, so when it comes to aspects of life that touch heavily on both – like war – I try pretty hard to concentrate on the macro view and not get too caught up in the micro, where it ALL …

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Government Has Simultaneous Arabic Translation

They’ve been talking about this for 20 years, but now real time translation is “good enough“: Most Americans likely have difficulty understanding the broadcasts of Al Jazeera, the Arab news network, but several government agencies now can watch it while simultaneously receiving an English translation of the programming. Virage Inc., …

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Television Ambivalence

War is different: that’s all I can come up with to justify my internal battle between free speech – the public’s right to know – and my extreme discomfort with the 24-hour barrage of images and verbiage about the war, that, cumulatively, I find depressing and dispiriting. (I will not …

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“That’s What Commercials Are For”

MTV sees itself as far too hip, brimming with too much integrity to allow overt product placement in music videos: In her recent music video, rapper Ms. Jade is swerving on a dark city street to the beat of her song “Ching Ching.” She’s behind the wheel of a sparkling, …

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FCC Hearings on Media Ownership

The Future of Music Coalition is hoping you will express your opposition to further deregulation of media ownership rules – the Duke hearing is going on right now: FCC Media Ownership Hearing [download a flyer] Monday, March 31, 2003 Duke University Law School, Durham, NC Time: 12:30 PM – 5 …

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Broadcast Consultants Say Support the War

Media consultants are encouraging radio and TV stations to concentrate on patriotism and support of the troops. Dissent doesn’t sell: Now, apparently, is the time for all good radio and TV stations to come to the aid of their country’s war. That is the message pushed by broadcast news consultants, …

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War Driving Internet Streaming

Forbes says Internet audio/video news streaming is coming into its own with the war in Iraq: Every new medium has its defining moment, and the current Iraqi conflict will be the event that validates the Internet’s streaming news media. ….The unfolding war in Iraq is expected to spur consumer adoption …

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