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Occupy Wall StreetThe other day I blogged about how the "occupation" of Wall Street in New York City by thousands of demonstrators for more than a week has raised hardly a blip on the domestic news media radar screen. It's as if editors and news directors (and their corporate masters) have decided there's nothing new to see here. So move on, move on (wait, even that sounds too radical).
But it's even worse than malign neglect, because in the rare moments when a mainstream news outlet does mention the protests (which like those in Wisconsin beforehand have been very peaceful, and which have attracted Web-based pizza orders from afar), the tone is almost ominous. Consider, for example, this lead-in from CNN "Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer last Monday: "Protests here in New York on Wall Street entering a third day. Should New Yorkers be worried at all about what's going on?"
Occupy Wall StreetThe other day I blogged about how the "occupation" of Wall Street in New York City by thousands of demonstrators for more than a week has raised hardly a blip on the domestic news media radar screen. It's as if editors and news directors (and their corporate masters) have decided there's nothing new to see here. So move on, move on (wait, even that sounds too radical).
But it's even worse than malign neglect, because in the rare moments when a mainstream news outlet does mention the protests (which like those in Wisconsin beforehand have been very peaceful, and which have attracted Web-based pizza orders from afar), the tone is almost ominous. Consider, for example, this lead-in from CNN "Situation Room" host Wolf Blitzer last Monday: "Protests here in New York on Wall Street entering a third day. Should New Yorkers be worried at all about what's going on?"
Field Report: The Future of Journalism
UPDATE posted at end.
In our vocabulary-challenged times it's not surprising that a seminar dubbed "the future of journalism" should turn out to be about the past, and, with a middle-name like "wewantourrocky," that the term "journalism" be taken to be a synonym for "newspaper."
Around 200 people (officially announced headcount) jammed themselves into the basement of a museum, ironically, last Wednesday night to discuss the future of journalism. Your intrepid reporter's observation was that about half the audience comprised former employees of the Rocky Mountain News and the other half were mere "citizens," a slightly mysterious tribe never before encountered in the flesh by the first half and whose presence brought forth several expressions of surprise. Filling in the cracks were advocates for a range of left-leaning organizations whose presence might have led to the dubious conclusion that whatever "the future of journalism" might be, it will take place on the left side of the stage.
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