New article in “The Beacon News” somewhere out of the Mid-west.
Candidates today have to be careful with what they say during their soap-box performances. With the elections rounding the corner and soon headed for the barn, anything can and will be misconstrued and taken out of context by the opposition. What you say in the morning can be overtly splashed across the wires instantaneously. A reputation can be destroyed by lunch. With just a few clicks of a mouse, in no time at all really, a fair and rational politician can get bulldozed right out of the race. The conservative Paparazzi of U-Tubers are dogging the liberals and vice-versa. Reporters are the ‘in-touch’ people today, and they’re just waiting for the chance to be the one that caught the big fish in a blunder-net on their cell phones. Up-loaded to the web and ‘that’s all she wrote folks.’ Web-loggers on the other hand have their opinions. Tracking the speeches, word-for-word, the ‘people press’ are in relentless pursuit of even one verbal mishap, while blogger’s write about what they heard in the speech or how they interpreted a particular statement. Depending on the popularity of the writer, influences can be made. What is said can easily be taken out of context and rewrapped or spun in a negative way that can harm the original message.The up-shot: It gives choice of information to the people. We are no longer fed what the NEWS wants us to eat... This is the New Media.
So, be careful kiddies, the ‘New Media’ is out there in force and ready to pounce on your every word. With instant broadcast of any live event, not only speech conferences or political figures are fair game. No matter the topic, everyone has a different opinion, perception, and agenda. What you say or do will mean something to someone. Depending on whose side you’re on, the personal ‘slant’ can be for or against the original or sincere pitch. (William Goldman) The Princess Bride, (1987) Westley: “Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.”
For the story: go to the article from the Beacon.
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1 comment:
I applaud the rise of independent media, where everyone is a reporter. It is trully the DEMOCRATIZATION of news.
But this kind of reporting is not new, rather old as the Bards and Poets of pre-history.
Their recording was in spoken word, but it was the happenings of the day. Not the concerted effort to channel thinking that our main stream media is involved in currently.
Huzzah! to the Cell phone cameras and camcorders! Huzzah to YouTube! and all outlets that make everyone a reporter!
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