moonsun
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: [size=18]some questions[/size] |
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(context: But what's good for Big Media's bottom line isn't always good for the rest of us. The first casualty of "media company towns" would be journalism. When one firm owns most of a city's news outlets, who needs a bunch of competing newsrooms? Investigative reporting and extensive local coverage requires a costly staff. It's far cheaper to syndicate fare from headquarters than to support a diversity of local voices. If your readers and viewers don't like it, where else are they going to go?)
1)Why would "journalism" be "the first casualty of "media company towns" ? Does "journalism" here only refer to"a bunch of competing newsrooms"?
2)What does local voices mean? Does it mean local small media companies?
2)Why does the "local voices" need support? Who support them? The government? |
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bud
Joined: 09 Mar 2003
Posts: 2111
Location: New Jersey, US
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| Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2006 6:47 am Post subject: |
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1. "Journalism" is the process of gathering and reporting the news. It can be TV, radio or the press (newspapers). If Company ABC buys a local TV station, three radio staions and a newspaper, there is now one independent "voice" replacing five. That is, these five newsrooms are no longer competing against each other. Then Company XYZ does the same thing. Now there are two voices where once there were ten. Journalism suffers because there are fewer perspectives in the news. That is, less competition.
2. The different perspectives.
3. It's the diversity that needs the support. In this case, you could replace "support" with something like "provide." |
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