[IMC-US] personal reprtback for indy folks abouttheNationalCOnference on Med

[max]

i think that the discussions on media democracy and media justice can (and
should) apply to indymedia as well. we have issues of accountability,
transparency, access, and oppression in our networks and collectives as well,
and it:s important to remember that simply calling something 'indymedia' does
not make it revolutionary.

max



Quoting deva <drdartist at riseup.net>:

> 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 should be rescinded.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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