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Hunger Games -- I'm On Fire!
2013-12-02, 12:03 PM #41
And what are you doing about it?

Going on about your day pausing only to curse the dirty ignorant sheeple, business as usual
2013-12-02, 5:38 PM #42
Originally posted by Rob:
And what are you doing about it?

Going on about your day pausing only to curse the dirty ignorant sheeple, business as usual


I can say one thing that he obviously isn't doing to help us all out: eating poison berries.
Also, I can kill you with my brain.
2013-12-02, 6:36 PM #43
Sorry, don't know how to play this video :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrpXArn3hII
Epstein didn't kill himself.
2013-12-02, 7:35 PM #44
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I can say one thing that he obviously isn't doing to help us all out: eating poison berries.


This is the only mean thing I have ever seen you write.
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2013-12-02, 7:37 PM #45
And it was awesome.
2013-12-02, 8:14 PM #46
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
So how do you fix the Media? I think it's always been the hope of the United States that freedom of speech gives everyone a voice and that the sheer volume of various sources reporting on issues results in fair well rounded coverage. If the costs of running a Newspaper/Radio/TV/Webblog impact the quality of stories being produced what's the solution? Would a government funded station similar to the BBC be trusted? Is that a better solution than non-profit news organizations like NPR or PBS?


PBS is a government funded news source, and it's considered by many to be good quality.

Switching from private to public ownership wouldn't alone fix the problem of media (although it would help) because it would still exist in an economic system based on profit, but it would at least remove that incentive from the industry of media. Another more specific problem is of consolidation, since the 90s media companies have become more concentrated in terms of ownership, and they are major corporations that own them and thus can ultimately determine the overall context of how the papers/shows/websites/etc. are run.

But anyway, the Hunger Games films/books do criticize the broader role (not just the profit motive) of media as a distraction, but then again I don't think we can divorce the two.
2013-12-02, 9:21 PM #47
Originally posted by Dormouse:
I can say one thing that he obviously isn't doing to help us all out: eating poison berries.


Oh, Christ, that's great.
If you think the waiters are rude, you should see the manager.
2013-12-02, 10:38 PM #48
Originally posted by TSM_Bguitar:
PBS is a government funded news source, and it's considered by many to be good quality.


I wasnt aware of this. A quick google search shows that PBS receives ~15% of their funding thru indirect government grants.
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2013-12-03, 1:21 AM #49
That hurts my feelings, kind of.
2013-12-03, 3:00 PM #50
Originally posted by EAH_TRISCUIT:
So how do you fix the Media? I think it's always been the hope of the United States that freedom of speech gives everyone a voice and that the sheer volume of various sources reporting on issues results in fair well rounded coverage. If the costs of running a Newspaper/Radio/TV/Webblog impact the quality of stories being produced what's the solution? Would a government funded station similar to the BBC be trusted? Is that a better solution than non-profit news organizations like NPR or PBS?


I think you can "fix" the media by decentralizing it & by making it independent. Hello to internet, where you don't need $1.3bi$$ions to run a news channel.

The problem is, you'd still need money to run this channel. Why not ask people to donate? I mean, it sounds stupid, maybe, but why not do a Kickstarter-like campaign for an indie news channel?

If a game about space ships collected 2.3+ million dollars via crowd funding, why can't a news channel? And wouldn't that news channel be responsible only to its viewers / funders (aka The People)?
幻術
2013-12-03, 3:14 PM #51
a game about space ships actually collected 33+ million

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