Posted by Ritch on May 15, 2003, at 13:42:51
In reply to Re: power of journalism » Ritch, posted by Snoozy on May 14, 2003, at 21:45:31
Wow, that is really ironic! I was just going through and noting some of the quotes in the book last night. He quotes other people at the beginnings of the chapters and what you just brought up reminded me of this quote:
The daily press is the evil principle
of the modern world, and time will only
serve to disclose this fact with greater
and greater clearness. The capacity of
the newspaper for degeneration is
sophistically without limit, since it can
always sink lower and lower in its choice
of readers. At last it will stir up all those
dregs of humanity which no state or government
can control.----Soren Kierkegaard
"The Last Years: Journals 1853-1855"Don't know what that will link to! :)
> Hi Ritch -
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> This is a really interesting topic. I'd love to hear more about the book as you read through it. And what do you think it means now that Fox News Channel is around?
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> >I am increasingly becoming aware of how journalism (good or bad journalism that is) shapes and influences culture. It was interesting reading to find that a New York Times article could have effected the behavior and essentially created the mythology of an entire group of people.
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