tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post3684533679069934376..comments2024-03-29T11:07:51.893+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Nothing To The StoryChris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-51588255730716118982013-08-15T09:40:46.762+12:002013-08-15T09:40:46.762+12:00I agree on what the role of the media should be --...I agree on what the role of the media should be -- to say the truth, without fear or favour. In the UK things get out because there are a bunch of leftist papers (Granuiad to People's Daily) and rightish (Telegraph to Spectator). And what one editor will spike because it does not fit her world view another editor will publish becaue it fits his.<br /><br />Most inverstigative journalists I have rubbed up against are ornery and difficult customers. But we need these people. We need to hold those in power to account. Regardless of whom is in power.<br /><br />What worries me, in NZ and the USA, is that we have a functional monoculture in the mass media, and it is quite Clarkist. The gNats are mistrusted, Helen was adored, and the difficult is spun away.<br /><br />This means the Media act like that great Soviet paper of untruth, Pravda.(which, ironically, is now worth reading). And this means that political tragics like, you, me and Cam read blogs.Chrishttp://blog.pukeko.net.nznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-60922813687217077472013-08-02T15:13:30.130+12:002013-08-02T15:13:30.130+12:00I guess that's why some bloggers are so sneari...I guess that's why some bloggers are so snearing of the MSM - acceptance by major news outlets definitely helps a story reach the masses. It also vindicates it to a greater or lesser degree in the public eye (something to be taken seriously). If a story does get accepted by the MSM and then dies, that reduces the chances of the story being followed through, for better or worse. The MSM leads people's opinions but also reflects them. That's why the MSM has been soft on John Key. It doesn't want to alienate its readership.Davidnoreply@blogger.com