The information regarding getting (science news) REAL news
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People might be surprised to realize the difference between the contents of independent media and the news and opinion carried and put out by corporate-owned media. By “independent media” I mean every news media - including newspapers, TV and radio news and Internet-based news - that are independent of corporate giants and not deeply reliant on income from advertising from other corporate giants.
Picture having national and city news websites that report impartially on all groups in society, look after the rights of consumers, and report business in a way that assesses the benefits for all people, not just business owners and investors. The consequence would be a journalism that contributes to the formation of a more genuinely educated populace and an reasonable and just civilization. The results would include:
Value people over exceptional earnings and disingenuous corporations. The journalism practiced would expose the little recognized and occasionally disastrous details that frequently go un-mentioned. Only recently have the bonuses that consumers ultimately pay for at major banking institutions been exposed. In an attempt to at least keep the general population up to date of the state of the world around them recognizing what seems to create prosperity has nothing to do with providing anything of importance for anybody. Such facts might modify decisions about stock investments or where we choose doing our business.
Inform on the essence of politics. The writers are reporting on a varied assortment of political ideas, unlike corporate media. Journalists would cover what politicians do, not what they profess they will do. More critical, lesser net news outlets present the important deals that really affect people’s lives and not the dramatic who slept with who last night drivel. They seldom believe, as do the for-profit media, that political parties are truly acting to assistance the public.
Thoroughly scrutinize mega business. Given the authority of Big Business over just about every piece of society, individual media covers business and corporations in comparison to their vast effect over most governments and society in general. They keep a regular watch on the actions of industry lobby groups. If you disbelieve the level of consequence this plays consider
” Big Oil (especially how it lobbies against climate change legislation).
” the pharmaceuticals (involved in kickbacks, unlawful pricing and deceptive marketing).
” agribusiness (how it increasingly controls everything we consume and drink
” Take a rational posture to worldwide concerns. Independent media strives to correct the distorted “good guys”/ “bad guys” vision of world politics and its leaders. They report using neutral political positions built on how the systems meet the requirements of those particular societies
A brighter picture from the Internet
The development of robust, individual news and opinion on the Internet is in its early development. Lots of media advocates are managing small independent news and opinion sites or managing their own blogs. Unfortunately, few websites and bloggers are producing original research-based journalism. To complement their unique contents, they link to opinion pieces and news from other sites, including for-profit sites.
While not perfect nor economically possible in the long term, this swapping of information facilitates the independent on-line editors to communicate essential information that is seldom found in the main stream media. Being typically small and working on difficult income recourses these editors are free to bring divergent information rather than the economically profitable drivel. The difference in the world would be (and hopefully will be) almost impossible to conceive of after decades of lies passing as “news.” As one of a vast number of examples reflect on the war on Iraq. For approximately two years prior to the actual invasion, the internet buzzed with factual information that debunked the propaganda. The challenge was tracking down sources that were credible and few people wanted to invest the time. But eight years and a half a million dead later, an overwhelming majority of people are aware that they had all over again been duped. Truth about life and death issues are being uncovered at present in a small but growing number of on-line news outlets.
Not The Times is a new source of important but not hysterical news on a variety of topics seldom found in the major media outlets but essential to your life. Pete Orthmann, Editor
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