I truly wish we could differentiate the elements of what "the media" means. Newspapers, city TV and radio stations, and legit weeklies go out and find the news, then report as best they can. They should not be lumped in with social media sites, or illegit TV/radio, i.e., Fox News. They don't go out and find stories, they wait for other to do so and then pontificate. Back before the Internet, the word "media" was the plural of medium, and meant forms of communication or expression; artwork qualified. Now, a staff writer for the New York Times is in the same corral as Bill O'Reilly. Please: Let's keep pushing on this because the consumers need to know there is a difference. Thanks.
I maybe should have put a finer point on it, but that's why I highlighted that part. Like ... really? What does the DA's office mean when they say the "media"?
For me, 40 years in the biz, it comes to down to this: No longer are the editorial pages separate from the news pages. People of the Internet Age don't understand that anymore, so anything that comes out of anyone's mouth is fundamentally a political statement. Sad but true. Thanks for your work. Andy
I truly wish we could differentiate the elements of what "the media" means. Newspapers, city TV and radio stations, and legit weeklies go out and find the news, then report as best they can. They should not be lumped in with social media sites, or illegit TV/radio, i.e., Fox News. They don't go out and find stories, they wait for other to do so and then pontificate. Back before the Internet, the word "media" was the plural of medium, and meant forms of communication or expression; artwork qualified. Now, a staff writer for the New York Times is in the same corral as Bill O'Reilly. Please: Let's keep pushing on this because the consumers need to know there is a difference. Thanks.
I maybe should have put a finer point on it, but that's why I highlighted that part. Like ... really? What does the DA's office mean when they say the "media"?
For me, 40 years in the biz, it comes to down to this: No longer are the editorial pages separate from the news pages. People of the Internet Age don't understand that anymore, so anything that comes out of anyone's mouth is fundamentally a political statement. Sad but true. Thanks for your work. Andy