Comments on: Everyone’s to blame for the state of media http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/26/everyones-to-blame-for-the-state-of-media/ Can you think of a better name? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:25:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zoey Castelino http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/26/everyones-to-blame-for-the-state-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-5179 Zoey Castelino Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:27:44 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/26/everyones-to-blame-for-the-state-of-media/#comment-5179 You are right. We are getting lazier when it comes to research. When I first learned my trade (Journalism) I had to do real research using books, magazines and even go out an interview people. Now, as sad as it is, my first source will be the Net... followed by most always needed research via the good ol' fashioned way. Because most times, the Internet is wrong. You are right. We are getting lazier when it comes to research. When I first learned my trade (Journalism) I had to do real research using books, magazines and even go out an interview people. Now, as sad as it is, my first source will be the Net... followed by most always needed research via the good ol' fashioned way. Because most times, the Internet is wrong.

]]> By: DAVE ID http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/26/everyones-to-blame-for-the-state-of-media/comment-page-1/#comment-4983 DAVE ID Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:05:07 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/11/26/everyones-to-blame-for-the-state-of-media/#comment-4983 What a load of guano man. Once again, take most of the blame off the press and lay most of it on the clients. The problem is choice. If 90% of the product is CRAP what else are we going to chose? Good stories get buried so the prurient crap can help sell more copies or get more viewers. Just last night I was waiting to watch 60 minutes. Oh it was fucking football.... AGAIN! And then when the game was over, instead of going to 60 minutes, the toggled to another football game. YO! WTF? Where’s my 60 minutes? Sure it's anecdotal, but I'm surely not alone. Take those free trash rags you yourself used as an example in a previous blog, METRO and 24H. The first few pages are the gossip and celebrity news. Only later is there any "NEWS". But after a few pages, people get to their station, dump the rag. They never get to the news. Speaking of free, there's the issue of cost. Go to a magazine shop. Celeb rags, 3$, the fine photography magazines I buy cost on average? 20$ a pop. Most people can't afford to buy the 5 or 6 mags I want to buy every 2 months. Could be any other publication of choice. There's still a system of wealth and intellect vs poor and stupid that exists. Same with food. You can buy Kraft Parmesan or if you're a food snob like me, Parmesan Reggiano at 38$ a kilo. But that's because I insist on the best. But most people don't know and can't afford it. Oh but good luck finding that on the market shelf. You have to go to specialty stores. Again the problem is choice. The problem is quality control. Without it you get POM making Bagels which is a travesty in itself. The problem is a self-feeding circle of crap. There's no greater share of blame to assign. I can turn around and blame them for catering to the basest elements of the human psyche which is easy manipulation, instead of doing the hard work. Reality TV killed scripted TV for a while because it promised tits and ass despite the fact you cant show tits on TV. That's just the human brain for you, that's how it works and information distributors are simply exploiting that to the maximum to avoid having to work harder to dole out a good product. Maximization of profit, make it fast and cheap and turn a huge percentage. Mechanically Reclaimed Meat anyone? What a load of guano man. Once again, take most of the blame off the press and lay most of it on the clients. The problem is choice. If 90% of the product is CRAP what else are we going to chose? Good stories get buried so the prurient crap can help sell more copies or get more viewers. Just last night I was waiting to watch 60 minutes. Oh it was fucking football.... AGAIN! And then when the game was over, instead of going to 60 minutes, the toggled to another football game. YO! WTF? Where’s my 60 minutes?

Sure it's anecdotal, but I'm surely not alone.

Take those free trash rags you yourself used as an example in a previous blog, METRO and 24H. The first few pages are the gossip and celebrity news. Only later is there any "NEWS". But after a few pages, people get to their station, dump the rag. They never get to the news.

Speaking of free, there's the issue of cost. Go to a magazine shop. Celeb rags, 3$, the fine photography magazines I buy cost on average? 20$ a pop. Most people can't afford to buy the 5 or 6 mags I want to buy every 2 months. Could be any other publication of choice.

There's still a system of wealth and intellect vs poor and stupid that exists.

Same with food. You can buy Kraft Parmesan or if you're a food snob like me, Parmesan Reggiano at 38$ a kilo. But that's because I insist on the best. But most people don't know and can't afford it. Oh but good luck finding that on the market shelf. You have to go to specialty stores. Again the problem is choice.

The problem is quality control. Without it you get POM making Bagels which is a travesty in itself. The problem is a self-feeding circle of crap. There's no greater share of blame to assign.

I can turn around and blame them for catering to the basest elements of the human psyche which is easy manipulation, instead of doing the hard work. Reality TV killed scripted TV for a while because it promised tits and ass despite the fact you cant show tits on TV. That's just the human brain for you, that's how it works and information distributors are simply exploiting that to the maximum to avoid having to work harder to dole out a good product. Maximization of profit, make it fast and cheap and turn a huge percentage.

Mechanically Reclaimed Meat anyone?

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