tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post2886468712599749272..comments2024-03-29T00:44:42.046+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Revolutionising the NewsChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-48580816581941199732009-05-13T10:25:00.000+12:002009-05-13T10:25:00.000+12:00Don't just "have a go" Trev: rip into it with the...Don't just "have a go" Trev: rip into it with the utmost gusto. Recruit and reward as many clever young (and older - Wlesh, James, campbell et al) comics, writers and film-makers as you can and aim to become something like the Huffington Post. The blogosphere is littered with talent, mix it up it with candid MPs and make a splash.<br /><br />Last election proved without a shadow of doubt (eg Winnie, EFA, smacking) that you are at the utter mercy of the media - and that they will not hesitate to blatantly sink you. The only option is to by-pass them completely - and this medium offers the perfect opportunity. Make your own headlines and humour, and dare them to ignore it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-21859023528391547812009-05-13T09:01:00.000+12:002009-05-13T09:01:00.000+12:00And I don't think Chris is right (with his last pa...And I don't think Chris is right (with his last para) I think there is a real willingness to have a go at new approaches. Red Alert is a sign but there is an openness esp amongst the new generation for much more. i think people are interested in having a go at things that might work.Trevor Mallardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-19155730119252640182009-05-12T12:07:00.000+12:002009-05-12T12:07:00.000+12:00Chris, if you were right (with your last paragraph...Chris, if you were right (with your last paragraph), what would your prescription be?Jordan Carterhttp://www.justleft.org.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-36536639199030963182009-05-12T11:09:00.000+12:002009-05-12T11:09:00.000+12:00Top post, top discussion, good site Joe.
This is ...Top post, top discussion, good site Joe.<br /><br />This is <EM>the</EM> issue for the left. The structural information monopoly of privately-owned (and advertiser-driven) media explains why people doggedly continue to vote against their own interests.<br /><br />Not sure public media is the answer. The crucial swing-vote target is by definition averse to depth, and addicted to fast-food politics. Headlines, Fox and talkback provide the salt; smiley photo-ops the comforting fat, "tax-cuts" the sugar du jour.<br /><br />You're squinting at the answer this very second. The free, convenient seed of of the barons' own destruction now blossoming as Fox, talkback and the sewer blogs desperately jump the shark into objects of ridicule. <br /><br />Red Alert is a stroke of genius - overtaking the natural party of marketing in a single bound. But don't forget the salt and fat: the Daily Show and Huffington Post are the bar to aim for.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-46636055260388046452009-05-11T22:58:00.000+12:002009-05-11T22:58:00.000+12:00The Socialist Aotearoa forum on the Revolutionary ...The Socialist Aotearoa forum on the Revolutionary Ideas of Antonio Gramsci this Thursday will address some if these arguments in depth, if anyone would like to discuss them face to face. More info here- <br />http://socialistaotearoa.blogspot.com/2009/05/workshop-revolutionary-ideas-of-antonio.htmlJosephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960995458664423354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-42884928127960298732009-05-11T22:41:00.000+12:002009-05-11T22:41:00.000+12:00"You only have to look at what happened to NZ broa..."You only have to look at what happened to NZ broadcasting in the mid-to-late 70s, after the Kirk-Rowling Government had set it free, to realise what would happen: Critical news and current affairs; genuine and challenging local drama; hard-hitting documentaries that tackle important subjects"<br /><br />The ironic thing is that the minister of broadcasting at that time was none other than a Mr Roger Douglas...<br /><br />++++++++<br /><br />Public Broadcasting in this nation has been on life support since 1988. I wouldnt say dead, but it has been on life support, it has shown a few signs of life especially in the past 6 years, but no real perkiness, and no the two Johns, Coleman and Key are eyeing up the life support machines off switch, while the surgeon tell them that the 'Freeview' is the only thing keeping it alive.millsyhttp://www.urbandecay.org.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-35591598186056625642009-05-11T16:09:00.000+12:002009-05-11T16:09:00.000+12:00As I see it Jordan, there are two possible explana...As I see it Jordan, there are two possible explanations.<br /><br />The first is that the Parliamentary Labour Party just doesn't understand the cultural and political centrality of the media - seeing it instead as a sort of force of nature, something that simply has to be endured, like the weather. When the sun's shining (i.e. when journalists like you) it's great. When it's raining (i.e. when journalists don't like you) it's stink. But, rain or shine, there's nothing you can do about it.<br /><br />The second explanation (which I consider to be the more likely) is that they understand perfectly the centrality of the media, but are convinced that they have less to lose by keeping it in the hands of the Right, than by allowing it to fall into the hands of independent and critical thinkers. <br /><br />This is a variation on the "We'd rather keep control of the losing side than lose control of the winning side" argument.<br /><br />You only have to look at what happened to NZ broadcasting in the mid-to-late 70s, after the Kirk-Rowling Government had set it free, to realise what would happen: Critical news and current affairs; genuine and challenging local drama; hard-hitting documentaries that tackle important subjects. <br /><br />A public broadcasting system like that (augmented never forget by a state-owned mass ciculation weekly, The Listener) not only raises the level of public discourse in its own right, but it also forces all other media to lift their standards to match it.<br /><br />A Labour Government lacking a genuine commitment to its stated social-democratic objectives would have real reason to fear such a media environment.<br /><br />My best guess is that there is still too much residual neo-liberalism in the upper-reaches of the PLP for a truly radical media policy to be given the go-ahead.<br /><br />Hope I'm wrong.Chris Trotterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-80474492817748853002009-05-11T14:51:00.000+12:002009-05-11T14:51:00.000+12:00Chris, interesting piece. This idea that public se...Chris, interesting piece. This idea that public service broadcasting matters - that non-commercial media spaces give room for debates and truth-making that cannot occur without them - was one I was first exposed to at a Labour Party summer school, in a session on Gramsci led by Mike Smith.<br /><br />I have ever since wondered about the approach Labour has taken on public broadcasting. It is something I raise when I can.<br /><br />A recent post on it from me:<br />http://jtc.blogs.com/just_left/2009/03/what-sort-of-media-do-i-want.html<br /><br />Why is it, do you think, that the fifth Labour government took the approach it did?<br /><br />JordanJordan Carterhttp://www.justleft.org.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-32232216007664638182009-05-10T15:14:00.000+12:002009-05-10T15:14:00.000+12:00Hi Chris
Here's my contribution to the debate. H...Hi Chris<br /><br />Here's my contribution to the debate. Hope you find something of use here.<br /><br />http://anticapitaliste.blogspot.com/2005/07/manufacturing-dissent-democratic-media.html<br /><br />Solidarity<br />JoeJosephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11960995458664423354noreply@blogger.com