In the Jerusalem Post, Mitchell Barak calls for an Israeli Al Jazeera English. Continue reading
War 2.0: the 24/7 English language news front
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Tag Archives: YouTube
War 2.0: Israel’s post-journalism campaign in Gaza
Whatever ones views of the rights and wrongs, Israel’s media operation to accompany its Gaza offensive has been an object lesson in the uses and limitations of War 2.0.
Talking to a senior Middle Eastern diplomat yesterday, and to a friend reporting from (or stuck) in Jerusalem, there is a (very) grudging — respect is the wrong word, but it’ll have to do — for the perceived “success” of Israel’s Gaza media campaign.
So let’s unpick it a little. At the most fundamental level, Israel benefits from a very simple message: whatever happens in Gaza is simply the tragic but inevitable consequence of years of rocket attacks. Continue reading
Frank Rich sees the future…
NYT columnist Frank Rich, who must lack a tiny bit of self-irony, takes aim at the ‘bloviators’ covering the Obama campaign. But in the course of his musings a little internet-inspired doubt creeps in. :
Journalists are still Americans — even if much of our audience doubts that — and in this time of grave uncertainty about our nation’s future we may simply be as discombobulated as everyone else.
We, too, are made anxious and fearful by hard economic times and the prospect of wrenching change. YouTube, the medium that has transformed our culture and politics, didn’t exist four years ago. Continue reading
Data is dead
Some in journalism wonder if the story as an aggregate of verbal fact and reaction is losing its hold (See Kevin Marsh — The Story Is Dead). Now Brad King has weighed in with an interesting contribution — 5 Reasons The Story Is Dead. Continue reading