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Thanksgiving, November 25, 2004
Rather, not 
| | Yes, the exit of Dan Rather, stage left, spotlight off, tail twixt legs, marks the death of the anchor, the extinction of the trusted news star. |
| | But it's more than that. It's the toppling of journalism on a pedestal. It's the end of news as a lecture. It's the death of one-way media. |
| | That is what anchors embodied. And that is what we, the people formerly known as viewers/listeners/readers in the audience, have rejected. |
| | We rejected the old system of trust: If we trusted the person, it was thought, then we trusted what he said. Anchors equaled automatic authority. But no more. |
| | Cut up your shows into stories and put them all online. |
| | After you air a story, it's fishwrap. Nobody can see it. If they missed it, well, that's tough for them. Is that any way to treat your public? Well, you don't have to anymore. |
| | You should put up every story you do -- and not just as a stream but as files that the people can distribute on their own. |
| | You can still make money on this -- in fact, you'll make new money: Put ads on the video; track those ads; and tack on a Creative Commons license that says people can distribute the video but cannnot muck with it. And you'll find something magical will happen: Your audience will market your product for you and distribute it for you and it won't cost you anything more. It's free money, damnit. Tell that to your stockholders. |
| | It's as simple as that: Link outside of your own echo chamber of a newsroom. Link to your competitors and show what they did on stories -- stories you did better, stories you didn't do. Do not assume we are your captive. Assume we are smart and want to be informed and want to find the best reports we can. Also assume that we are a thinking public and we want to see and hear different perspectives on a story so we can decide what we think. So help us. We'll appreciate it. |
Bigger is badder, Part N
| | Like the source of the first quote below, the author of EPIC sees Evil in Hierarchy Reconfiguration. I won't give away the ending, but will say that most of the story happens in the future, and all of us are part of it. |
Quotes du jour
| | ...right now, I'm a citizen of a nation where more than 55 million people voted for a guy who wanted to continue an illegal war and supported restrictions on our basic civil liberties — and even more voted for George W. Bush.The forces of evil — corny phrase, but why not call them what they are? — are well organized and well funded. Where Weinberger sees a radical leveling going on, I see a reconfiguration of existing hierarchies — the same ones that thwart progressive/left attempts at reform or change. |
| | God so loved his Creation that He filled every possible niche with a living creature, put Man in charge to care for this miraculous Book of Nature. But Man said, "Where Creatures were, let there be Profits." Lacking God's wisdom, Man forgot about Air, Water, the Ecosystem, and so expired in this own effluvia. |
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