Comments for Media Massage http://mediamassage.org Jon Whiten's home on the web Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:22:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 Comment on Boom? What Boom? by Reality TV Saves the Poor « The Peach Pit http://mediamassage.org/2008/04/09/boom-what-boom/#comment-69 Reality TV Saves the Poor « The Peach Pit Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:01:22 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/?p=78#comment-69 [...] wealth, like raising the income tax instead of cutting taxes for the country’s wealthiest. Jon Whiten of Media Massage sums it up [...] [...] wealth, like raising the income tax instead of cutting taxes for the country’s wealthiest. Jon Whiten of Media Massage sums it up [...]

]]> Comment on Long Time, No Blog by Emma http://mediamassage.org/2008/05/20/long-time-no-blog/#comment-65 Emma Thu, 22 May 2008 22:57:37 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-65 Two fantastic pieces--great work, champ. Two fantastic pieces–great work, champ.

]]> Comment on Links by mediamassage http://mediamassage.org/links/#comment-64 mediamassage Thu, 22 May 2008 13:50:53 +0000 http://mediamassage.org/links/#comment-64 Here it is: http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=399 Here it is:
http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=399

]]> Comment on Links by Noam Chomsky http://mediamassage.org/links/#comment-63 Noam Chomsky Thu, 22 May 2008 13:44:33 +0000 http://mediamassage.org/links/#comment-63 Much appreciated your FAIR May/June article on TV campaign coverage, but I had a problem locating the Pew Research Center (3/6/08) poll that you cited. Is the date correct? Did I make a mistake? Noam Chomsky Much appreciated your FAIR May/June article on TV campaign coverage, but I had a problem locating the Pew Research Center (3/6/08) poll that you cited. Is the date correct? Did I make a mistake?

Noam Chomsky

]]> Comment on ‘Does the Pig in the Slaughterhouse Give a Fuck if You’re Grateful to It?’ by Emma http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/20/does-the-pig-in-the-slaughterhouse-give-a-fuck-if-youre-grateful-to-it/#comment-48 Emma Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:36:18 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/?p=66#comment-48 Go veg. Go veg.

]]> Comment on Notes from the Candidate Graveyard by mediamassage http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/07/notes-from-the-candidate-graveyard/#comment-36 mediamassage Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:45:09 +0000 http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/07/notes-from-the-candidate-graveyard/#comment-36 Thanks for linking to that Zinn piece; it was right on the money, and a timely message, a nice step back. When you say "if this election isn't a fluke, then things are actually improving," what do you mean exactly? Not saying I disagree, just want to know *which parts* you think are improving... Thanks for linking to that Zinn piece; it was right on the money, and a timely message, a nice step back.

When you say “if this election isn’t a fluke, then things are actually improving,” what do you mean exactly? Not saying I disagree, just want to know *which parts* you think are improving…

]]> Comment on An Interesting Counterpoint to the Samantha Power Dustup by Emma http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/12/an-interesting-counterpoint-to-the-samantha-power-dustup/#comment-35 Emma Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:33:18 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/?p=58#comment-35 "My criticism was more of emphasis and overblowing the 'gotcha' moment." You're so right. I couldn't quite understand why that bit bothered me. Thanks for clarifying. Great massage. “My criticism was more of emphasis and overblowing the ‘gotcha’ moment.”

You’re so right. I couldn’t quite understand why that bit bothered me. Thanks for clarifying. Great massage.

]]> Comment on Notes from the Candidate Graveyard by Shane Smith http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/07/notes-from-the-candidate-graveyard/#comment-33 Shane Smith Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:26:09 +0000 http://mediamassage.org/2008/03/07/notes-from-the-candidate-graveyard/#comment-33 I second your kvetch: this primary season (mostly, but not entirely, on the dem side) has provided an opportunity for substantive, nuanced debate on real issues. Of course this opportunity has been largely ignored, but we can complain about that while still getting excited about the real progress being made. It starts to feel like the candidates are real people as opposed to poster children for tba party platforms. Bring on Pennsylvania! Take some more risks, Hillary! Take at least one risk, Barack! I think Howard Zinn mostly has it right when he says we should all chill out a bit re election madness. (http://www.progressive.org/mag_zinn0308; see also South Park episode "Douche and Turd") And there's plenty to be pissed about with respect to media coverage of this primary season. However, since reality is never all we think it could be, let's not go around making the perfect the enemy of the good. If this election isn't a fluke, then things are actually improving. That's cause for celebration. I second your kvetch: this primary season (mostly, but not entirely, on the dem side) has provided an opportunity for substantive, nuanced debate on real issues. Of course this opportunity has been largely ignored, but we can complain about that while still getting excited about the real progress being made. It starts to feel like the candidates are real people as opposed to poster children for tba party platforms. Bring on Pennsylvania! Take some more risks, Hillary! Take at least one risk, Barack!
I think Howard Zinn mostly has it right when he says we should all chill out a bit re election madness. (http://www.progressive.org/mag_zinn0308; see also South Park episode “Douche and Turd”) And there’s plenty to be pissed about with respect to media coverage of this primary season.
However, since reality is never all we think it could be, let’s not go around making the perfect the enemy of the good. If this election isn’t a fluke, then things are actually improving. That’s cause for celebration.

]]> Comment on The Nation’s Papers: Marginalizing Protest (Again) by mediamassage http://mediamassage.org/2005/03/21/the-nations-papers-marginalizing-protest-again/#comment-32 mediamassage Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:57:17 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/the-nations-papers-marginalizing-protest-again/#comment-32 Ever since the Seattle WTO protests, the black-clad bandana-folks have been the icon of the protest movement, at least for the mainstream press. I feel that this is due to the tendency of the press to go for the "new" -- in Seattle, the violence by "anarchists" was the "new" part of the protest story, a story that the press had clearly grown tired of telling and re-telling. However, I note that this element is no longer "new" yet is still the dominant icon. So perhaps there are other, more ideological reasons. Either way, I think we can both agree: it's fucked up. Ever since the Seattle WTO protests, the black-clad bandana-folks have been the icon of the protest movement, at least for the mainstream press. I feel that this is due to the tendency of the press to go for the “new” — in Seattle, the violence by “anarchists” was the “new” part of the protest story, a story that the press had clearly grown tired of telling and re-telling. However, I note that this element is no longer “new” yet is still the dominant icon. So perhaps there are other, more ideological reasons. Either way, I think we can both agree: it’s fucked up.

]]> Comment on The Nation’s Papers: Marginalizing Protest (Again) by erik endrulat http://mediamassage.org/2005/03/21/the-nations-papers-marginalizing-protest-again/#comment-17 erik endrulat Mon, 29 Jan 2007 21:27:01 +0000 http://mediamassage.wordpress.com/2005/03/21/the-nations-papers-marginalizing-protest-again/#comment-17 The Providence Journal included the Washington protest on its front page titled 'Thousands rally at Capital to protest Iraq War'. In the story they reveal that, in fact, the number was actually in the tens of thousands. The photo included on the cover of this same story depicts two menacing looking young men dressed in black and with bandannas concealing their faces. Does this photo try to represent the feel at the protest? The Providence Journal included the Washington protest on its front page titled ‘Thousands rally at Capital to protest Iraq War’. In the story they reveal that, in fact, the number was actually in the tens of thousands. The photo included on the cover of this same story depicts two menacing looking young men dressed in black and with bandannas concealing their faces. Does this photo try to represent the feel at the protest?

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