[LINK] Revolution, flashmobs, and brain chips. A grim vision of the future

[Alan L Tyree]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 07:44:39 +1000
Howard Lowndes <lannet at lannet.com.au> wrote:

> 
> 
> Howard Lowndes wrote:
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/story/0,,2053020,00.html
> 
> > The 90-page report comments on widely discussed issues such as the 
> > growing economic importance of India and China, the militarisation
> > of space, and even what it calls "declining news quality" with the
> > rise of "internet-enabled, citizen-journalists" and pressure to
> > release stories "at the expense of facts". It includes other, some
> > frightening, some reassuring, potential developments that are not
> > so often discussed.
> 
> It's sad that they equate "internet-enabled, citizen-journalists"
> with "declining news quality" when they might want to point out that 
> "internet-enabled, citizen-journalists" are often attempting to
> correct the bias that is imposed by the regular media outlets in
> their 'pressure to release stories "at the expense of facts".

Right on! It is very common in the established press to denigrate any
internet journalism. 

I remember some years back that the
organised journalists wanted to ban articles by non-union authors from
appearing in the newspapers. The attempt failed, but it was interesting
that the reason they gave was that journalists are trained to present
stories fairly and in an unbiased fashion. You have to wonder what
papers they were reading (or smoking!).


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