Journalism Glance
When one continually controls the information, one controls the people absorbing the information. The manufactured and controlled information on TV can be referred to as the signal and that constant signal is what shapes and guides the masses to their conclusions.
TV Mind-Control
Group: US is monitoring journalists in Afghanistan
The International Federation of Journalists complained Wednesday that news people covering the war in Afghanistan are being monitored by the U.S. military to see if they are sympathetic to the American cause.
The federation said journalists seeking to travel under the protection of U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan may be screened first by an American public relations firm to see if their coverage portrays the military in a positive light.
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The federation said journalists seeking to travel under the protection of U.S. armed forces in Afghanistan may be screened first by an American public relations firm to see if their coverage portrays the military in a positive light.
Thriving on myths: Television news and the corruption of the American mind
"Even when [news organizations] report the facts," wrote Kurtz, "they have had trouble influencing public opinion."
Did you catch that? Even when they report the facts, as though reporting the facts has become some sort of noble, experimental enterprise within the otherwise (ab)normal course of mainstream journalism, for which Kurtz expected, I guess, awe-inspired applause and instant civic snap-to-it-ness.
Journalists' recent work examined before embeds
As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened by a controversial Washington-based public relations firm contracted by the Pentagon to determine whether their past coverage has portrayed the U.S. military in a positive light.
TVNL Comment: Rendon Group sold us the lies that led to war against Iraq. Their work was pickde up by the White House Iraq Group that took us over the top.
Emails show Washington Post reporter coordinated attorney firing story with White House
When a scandal involving the Bush administration’s firing of US Attorneys broke in early 2007, initial coverage by the Washington Post supported the idea that the firings had been politically motivated. That approach, however, quickly changed to one that was far more friendly to the White House.
The House Judiciary Committee has now released over 5400 pages of Bush administration and Republican Party emails (pdf) related to the firings. Several of these emails suggest coordination between Post reporter John Solomon and Bush administration officials on how to manage the Post’s coverage of the widening scandal.
In one email to a Department of Justice spokesperson, Solomon even appears to be suggesting what spin to apply in order to minimize damage from the revelations.
Fox News is the Ms. South Carolina of infotainment
Raw Story reported that an image of this map of the Middle East was broadcast by Fox News on July 27, 2009, during Live Desk.
It appears Ms. South Carolina may be pulling the strings at the most reliable network for information on health-scare [and everything else].
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TVNL Comment: Notice that Egypt no longer is in Africa and has replaced Iraq as Iran's neighbor to the west. They report, you decide. LOL.
Dan Rather wants Obama to help save the news
Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather called on President Barack Obama to form a White House commission to help save the press Tuesday night in an impassioned speech at the Aspen Institute.
Corporate and political influence on newsrooms, along with the conflation of news and entertainment, has created what Rather called “the dumbing down and sleazing up of what we see on the news.”
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