This is a test to see if blogging on the go works.
On February 11th, actor Joaquin Phoenix was a guest on the Late Show with David Letterman, to promote his new film Two Lovers (the entire interview can been seen below). When Phoenix enters the stage it is clear that his appurtenance has changed since his last appearance on the show, with a long unshaven beard and disheveled hair. The new appearance causes Letterman to jest: “how was your time with the Unabomber?” Throughout the interview, Phoenix is pretty much only responsive with short and or one word answers to Letterman’s questions about the film his new appearance. When asked about the new look Phoenix, seemed responded that Letterman was, “making [him] feel wired about it.” Phoenix also questioned if Letterman was pumping “nitrous” laughing gas “in this joint, as a response to the laughing audience. Phoenix explained he was giving up acting to peruse a rap career and should appear on the show which Letterman responded to by saying “unlikely.” After forgetting his co-stars of the films names and refusing to introduce the clip, Letterman ended the interview saying: “Joaquin, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight”
In the lead to the climax of the film Network, the tragic hero Howard Beale presents the idea
that the individual is dead. According to the doctrine of media mogul Arthur Jensen, individualism has gone to the way-side of a capitalist world, where the only thing that matters is in fact capital—money. The above does not seem true to the world of Dubai on prima facial bases. Yes Dubai is an oil rich Arab state that has seen a period of boom due to the oil wealth. Unlike many other nations, Dubai in facts takes the oil profits to benefit its own society by providing free health care, education, and jobs for it citizens while still as stated remaining profitable. I think the reason this works for Dubai has to do with the shared Islamic culture and heritage—thus giving a reason to support its fellow man.
If following the Dubai World Emirates model a news organization would have to have set goal and vision that is beneficial to society as well as profitable in the long term. Since it is not possible to create a news organization that can reach every group and race and class and social status, one needs to find a niche to direct the media too. If I were to create an outlet for news I would target the young urban market regardless of race. Because as seen with the past election the younger generations are the groups that can bring about change and set the future for success. This organization would present all the national and world news from a view point that is insightful and not the same old standard “old-guard” form. And since we now live in a global world that is easily connected I would use open source codes and medium so that younger voices from all over the world would be able to input news and information for this generation.
It is true that individual is in fact dead, but rebirthed in the form of the collective “we” with the same goals, view points, and ideas, to reshape the world.
that the individual is dead. According to the doctrine of media mogul Arthur Jensen, individualism has gone to the way-side of a capitalist world, where the only thing that matters is in fact capital—money. The above does not seem true to the world of Dubai on prima facial bases. Yes Dubai is an oil rich Arab state that has seen a period of boom due to the oil wealth. Unlike many other nations, Dubai in facts takes the oil profits to benefit its own society by providing free health care, education, and jobs for it citizens while still as stated remaining profitable. I think the reason this works for Dubai has to do with the shared Islamic culture and heritage—thus giving a reason to support its fellow man.
If following the Dubai World Emirates model a news organization would have to have set goal and vision that is beneficial to society as well as profitable in the long term. Since it is not possible to create a news organization that can reach every group and race and class and social status, one needs to find a niche to direct the media too. If I were to create an outlet for news I would target the young urban market regardless of race. Because as seen with the past election the younger generations are the groups that can bring about change and set the future for success. This organization would present all the national and world news from a view point that is insightful and not the same old standard “old-guard” form. And since we now live in a global world that is easily connected I would use open source codes and medium so that younger voices from all over the world would be able to input news and information for this generation.
It is true that individual is in fact dead, but rebirthed in the form of the collective “we” with the same goals, view points, and ideas, to reshape the world.
Journalist are the guards of the forth estate. They are not the leaders of the church, the state, of of the aristocracy, but rather the voice of the people that give a fair and balnce view and report on the other three estates. With so much responsabilty journalist have to be very ethical with their reporting and report fairly and ethicaly and be sure not offend anyone. So the question of when to report on sensitive issues is touchy ground. The historic reporting of the Zodiac Killings is a good example of when it is ethical to report information to the general public. The said killer would mock the press by sending complicated cryptic messages to the paper who would in turn publish them. Some would say that this fed the ego of an insane killer by doing so. The above may be true but by publishing the messages put more eyes on the text, and someone may have known a person who was into such cryptic puzzles and lead to an arrest. In the example where a case could be solved by the aid of the public it is perfectly ethical. While some news outlets are out for ratings and the revenue of the competition of media release information just for the fact of having that exclusive. The best example would be in recent times is the tape that NBC released of the Virginia Tech killers rant. The release of the tape would have done nothing to solve the murders since the killer in turn killed himself in the end. Therefore NBC's only motive would have been that ratings and profit. Lastly the later release of sensitive material has proved to be affective. In Baltimore this past fall a former City Council person was murdered outside of a local bar. Several days after the murder local news and police outlets released a video of the accused murders. While it took sometime all three have since been arrested and charged due in part to the video, a person from the public may have recognised the mannerisms of the killers or even passed as they too passed. So the only times that information should be aired out is when it will have a better chance to solve a crime and when the time has past on a sensitive case as not to offend anyone and not just looking at ratings or a boost in newspaper sales.
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