[IMC-US] personal reprtback for indy folksabouttheNationalCOnference on Med

[Tribal Scribal]

In addition, i seldom hear much talk from any quarter about the fact that 
the corporados have hi-jacked the PUBLIC airwaves, aided and abetted by the 
usg. That's grand larceny in my book.

d.o.


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>From: deva <drdartist at riseup.net>
>Reply-To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>Subject: Re: [IMC-US] personal reprtback for indy 
>folksabouttheNationalCOnference on Med
>Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 21:37:01 -0700
>
>I have just finally read through all the comments on this thread.
>
>I find the discussion around issues of media somewhat frustrating in  
>general. I feel like there ends up being alot of defining such as Media  
>Reform, Media Democracy and Media Justice. Fine as it is, but I find  that 
>all off target.
>
>Fuck the Corporate Media!
>
>Corporate use of the public airwaves is predicated on the notion of  doing 
>the public a service. It is not. Corporate media may be the  single most 
>destructive force in our society. They are not providing  anything for the 
>public good. Corporate use of the public airwaves,  should be rescinded. 
>Period.
>
>To me this is such an obvious and basic position to stand on. Yet I  rarely 
>hear it stated. I believe this should be on the lips of every  media 
>activist! Corporate media failure to fulfill its social contract  can be so 
>clearly demonstrated. It is a sharp sword, that is not used.
>
>I attended a media panel at a conference here in Portland a while back.  It 
>was a panel with some liberal media reformers and a couple folks  from the 
>local right wing radio squaring off. I asked some pointed  questions, and 
>finally  suggested that the profit motive trumps the  public good and 
>therefore, Corporate media is failing its public trust.  The right wing 
>guys argued with me, while the reformers, who subtly  blamed the public, 
>ended up lost because I drew a line that left them  no longer the 
>opposition.
>
>That basic challenge to their right to public resources, opened much  more 
>interesting questions and comments and changed the dynamic of the  
>discussion.
>
>So these are my basic points......
>
>1- Corporate media has demonstrated beyond any doubt, its unworthiness  to 
>the use of public resources.
>
>2- Corporate media is poison. It should be avoided. It is the most  
>sophisticated system of brainwashing ever devised.  It is doing its job  
>very well. Nobody is immune. So many activists still drink of that  bitter 
>brew, and perhaps do not see just how much it dulls the ability  of the 
>psyche to think and see outside the bounds that it sets.
>
>3- The tools are there for people to make their own media. Independent  
>media is the clear answer.
>
>
>I would say too many people show a deference to the Corporate media.  Still 
>hold out hope for it or falsely conceive of what it is or how it  works. 
>Corporate media is the propaganda arm of the institutions of  power that 
>seek to control the entire world. It will never serve the  person, so the 
>person should stop serving it, by not consuming it, by  denying it has any 
>claim to public resources other than through force.
>
>Indymedia is not alternative media as in an alternative to Corporate  
>media. They have entirely different purposes and as far as legitimacy,  
>Indymedia already far surpasses Corporate media. You will find more  truth 
>on one day in Indymedia, than you will find in the entirety of  U.S. 
>corporate media over the next 6 months. There is no comparison.
>
>Corporate Media is a disease
>Indymedia is a cure
>
>regards,
>deva
>portland indymedia contributor
>
>
>
>
>
>On May 18, 2005, at 1:16 PM, Tribal Scribal wrote:
>
>>Right, and btw to add to the dialogue here's rabbles two cents on the  
>>conference from his blog:
>>
>>http://www.anarchogeek.com/articles/2005/05/16/followup-on-the- 
>>national-conference-on-media-reform
>>
>>
>>d.o.
>>
>>
>>>From: Chris Anderson <chanders_imc at yahoo.com>
>>>Reply-To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>>>To: "Working Group for IMC-US." <imc-us at lists.ucimc.org>
>>>Subject: Re: [IMC-US] personal reprtback for indy folks  
>>>abouttheNationalCOnference on Media Reform.
>>>Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:10:31 -0700 (PDT)
>>>
>>>if nothing else, this NCMR was worth it for generating
>>>this really great discussion. This is "mahhhvelous,"
>>>as Donald with the Indypendent would say. I hope folks
>>>find a way to get these thoughts out into the public
>>>domain.
>>>
>>>chris
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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