JD Lasica wrote: > It may be that I'm in an unforgiving mood from two straight days of > downpours, but I laid into a NY Times writer today for suggesting that > that the only video available for his video iPod comes from Hollywood. > Anything else you can find online must come from "stealing." > > http://www.newmediamusings.com/blog/2005/12/free_video_isnt.html > > Free video isn't stealing. Maybe if we repeat it enough times, the > message will sink in. > > jd lasica > http://www.newmediamusings.com > Professionals working for media entities that have been around hundreds of years are going to find it hard to accept that their system isn't the only way to do things, since it basically has been the only way for as long as anyone can remember. It seems that some professional journalists have been able to grok and get behind new media ideals, but for the most part they look only at the amount of content that is mainly drivel and assume it's *all* useless drivel. Tools are being written which will hopefully allow the best of the video content to float to the top, and then maybe we can start getting the recognition that Hollywood isn't the only place good content comes from.
Part of new media is that good content is the exception rather than the rule, and what people are failing to realize is that it's the same way with old media. However, old media has done an excellent job of assuming if you hide behind the NY Times brand or the CNN brand or the Washington Post brand that you must be a top notch reporter who has researched all his/her facts and you are presenting an accurate representation of the facts, but the awful truth is that that just isn't the case. Reporters are lazy as we've all seen. They will mindlessly repeat what other reporters have written, accurate or not. We have as much work convincing the public that everyone should be somewhat skeptical of everything they read and watch instead of allowing places like the NY Times to convince them that they are indeed the lock on the truth as we do convincing them that new media, blogs, podcasts and vlogs are worth reading, listening to and watching. Good post, JD. Clint -- Clint Sharp New Media Guy & Technologist ClintSharp.com Contact Info: http://clintsharp.com/contact/ We are the media. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Most low income homes are not online. Make a difference this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/5UeCyC/BWHMAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
