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Ferguson's Media Problem
...Remember that every time you see a masked protester caught in the act of throwing a rock or a loving couple huddled in fear of dark masked shapes in riot gear, these images are as artificial and posed as anything in an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog. They show you what is in front of the camera, not what is behind it. Look through the news reports of riots anywhere and you'll see the same poses repeat across continents and generations. The rioters are different people with different causes and agendas, but the photos of them are being taken and selected by the same people from the same news agencies. There is never anything new on the news because the media has a pre-existing formula for handling any event. What we think of as the newspaper or the evening news just plugs actual news into its formula and turns it into propaganda. The national news network and the newspaper of record tell the same few stories just like Hollywood makes the same movies, even if they seem to feature different characters and places. That's because the formula doesn't change. The formula is what we are getting from Ferguson's mob of professional and amateur reporters each fighting for the chance to retell the same story to the same audience. Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2014-08-28 |
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