tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post7147609743293223031..comments2024-03-28T04:04:03.006-07:00Comments on Paying attention: Sex workers after Pickton, and something I wish the media would quit doingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-62948986243734540252013-09-09T21:31:27.359-07:002013-09-09T21:31:27.359-07:00I remember reading I F Stone, one of the most resp...I remember reading I F Stone, one of the most respected journalists in the US, while I was in grade 12. It was part of a course I was taking called "World Problems." He said he would not interview politicians because they always lied. When he wrote, he analyzed what they did , not what they said. He wrote a successful independent newspaper called the IF Stone Weekly.<br />Too many of our journalists just repeat what politicians tell them. The journalists think they are great because they have close contact with the politicians in power and they don’t realize they are being used to spread the politicians’ propaganda.<br />They could ask them the right questions, but they should do an honest and rigorous analysis of what they have been told.<br /><br />I F Stone would have a lot of fun with the internet.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-33195127043047930852013-09-05T08:05:00.292-07:002013-09-05T08:05:00.292-07:00Charlie:
I agree the media needs to talk about thi...Charlie:<br />I agree the media needs to talk about this and develop an approach. Not all journalists go along - I wrote about the issue a year ago after a Peter O'Neil blog in the Sun - http://willcocks.blogspot.com/2012/09/media-should-ban-blight-of-email-pap.html<br />It's interesting that the people who manage communications share information and successful strategies are quickly adopted. But media and journalists don't.paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-39996311561842189112013-09-04T21:59:20.035-07:002013-09-04T21:59:20.035-07:00Bravo Paul. I asked the Ministry of Health why it ...Bravo Paul. I asked the Ministry of Health why it won't regulate crisis pregnancy centres. According to a Pro-Choice Action Network report, many of them are motivated by religious considerations and steer women away from abortions and birth control. The Ministry of Health responded with one sentence in an email. I did exactly as you advised and did not report what was said in this "statement" when the ministry wouldn't provide someone to speak on the record.<br /><br />We do this quite frequently at the Georgia Straight. But the other media are poisoning the well by allowing governments to get away with this nonsense.<br /><br />Charlie SmithAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-72985833602435447852013-09-04T14:38:58.927-07:002013-09-04T14:38:58.927-07:00The odd thing, Ross K, is that in olden times when...The odd thing, Ross K, is that in olden times when public sector people were allowed to talk to reporters, the results were positive. It would turn out the manager responsible for the bear program, or whatever, knew a heck of a lot, was aware of any problems and could explain what was going on. Even if a reporter was not satisfied with all the answers, there was a sense that a smart person was involved, with lots of knowledge and good intentions. It probably resulted in positive coverage.<br />Part of the problem is the rise of control freak top managers and comm shops that live in fear of problems that will get them yelled at. And part of the problem is the rise of governing parties that simply don't like or respect their employees. paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003637352818760817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400574.post-37574025868250149852013-09-04T13:57:38.219-07:002013-09-04T13:57:38.219-07:00A centralized system with contracts handed out to ...A centralized system with contracts handed out to a few big players sure sounds like 'Care Net' to me, just without the name. <br /><br />And who, exactly, was the Minister responsible for smoothing over that mess back in the day anyway?<br /><br />_____<br /><br />Completely agree with you on how much a 'just say no' policy to using non-answers by the media would improve public knowledge about what the fine folks running things for us are actually up to. <br /><br />However, I would extend this same no, no, no policy to spokespeople that were not involved in decision making processes that are being scrutinized.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.com