On 8/22/2012 8:36 PM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 8/22/12 18:51 , Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 8/22/2012 7:42 PM, Rob wrote:
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:05:24 -0700 (PDT), Truth Teller
wrote:

The national media slobbered over the news of the vicious
anti-gay
hate crime for days on end. Now I haven't heard anything about the
story being made up by the deranged "victim" other than in the
local
newspaper. Interesting.

Aug 21, 6:26 PM EDT

Police: Ex-Neb. hoops star faked anti-gay attack

By GRANT SCHULTE
Associated Press

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- A former University of Nebr

The associated press is world wide news provider. There is
nothing hidden
about this incident.




True, but few people read the raw feeds on the wire services. (For
example, who here is aware of the UPI stories on Israeli death squads
being deployed in Western nations?)

There is a huge difference in the way national editors treat stories
with Politically Correct perpetrators versus those with Politically
Incorrect perpetrators. One often results in major network and front
page coverage for weeks -- the other almost never does so.



The truth is that almost no one is committed to being informed,
in this country, anymore. They take what they're spoonfed, and
ignore much of that. To be truly informed requires work, and there
just isn't that much effort being put into by the public. And
editors know this.

In school, I sat through class after class telling me that the
public will know what we WANT them to know, because we're the media,
and they're ignorant (although the presentation was much less direct
than that statement). At CBS, I sat through meeting after meeting
after meeting, (until I could no longer stand it and left), where we
were told what we'd talk about, how we'd cover it, and what our
position was to be on that subject. And when I spoke up and said
that the 'official' position isn't true, was told...and this is a
direct quote from my GM..."this is what we stand for. And we will
make the case, without reservation, or we'll no longer work here.
The subject is not open for debate."

I walked out in utter disgust not long after. Put my key on the
table, and never went back. Not even to clean out my office. I left
my mics, preamps, and compressors there, as well as nearly 12 years
of material and properties.

Andy Warhol, of whom I was never really a fan, made a significant
point with his Empire State building film: that the truth, in media,
is what's given to you. And that everything you see, hear, read, or
experience in media is from a point of view selected by the
producer, editor, writer, or presenter. Doug Urbanski said that in
Hollywood, EVERYTHING is staged. The topic is selected. The
presentation is crafted, and everything...every inflection, every
pause, every facial muscles' twitch is carefully selected to imply a
judgment about the topic. There is no unbiased coverage, or
presentation. Not in Hollywood. Not anywhere.

Even something as simple as 8 hours of a single shot of the
Empire State Building is biased. You see the perspective of the
camera. A perspective that's chosen for you, unchallenged, and
uncontrasted, by the person who chose the shot. The unbiased truth
isn't what's on the screen, it's what's standing at 5th Ave and West
34th. The unbiased truth is the Empire State Building seen from all
sides, and all angles all times of the day or night. And experienced
in totality.

Media doesn't do that. Media selects. Media edits. And the truth
is often the things that Media never presents, never reveals.




Powerful words, Peter.

Thank you.

Another very, very good film on the topic of journalistic
"reality"-making is Orson Welles' _F for Fake_.


With all good wishes,



Kevin.
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