dan rather,journalism,business interest Dan Rather to journalists: you're doing it wrong

Dan Rather to journalists: you're doing it wrong

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written by NetRunner

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written by siftbot

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Completely off-topic, but... For someone touting independence and being different - Link TV's logo looks eerily similar to that of CNet..

written by arnor | 4 months ago | CH

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Everything he's saying here is scarily accurate, yet I must confess that I lost a lot of respect for him after the Killian document controversy. I mean I know George Bush is a little shit weasel who probably was just as bad as those documents allege, but to base a story on those documents is bad journalism. Even he later admitted, "if I knew then what I know now, I would not have gone ahead with the story as it was aired, and I certainly would not have used the documents in question." A guy with as much experience as him should have known better.

written by kronosposeidon

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Did anyone else have trouble hearing him over the incessant clanging of his huge brass ball?

written by MycroftHomlz

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I've said it before (not on the sift I think), but it does feel a little wrong to have for-profit news and healthcare. I don't have anything against those industries making money, but I'd prefer to have accurate, unbiased news and my/our health put above making money. Seems a bit shady to profit off someone else's illness, no?

written by littledragon_79

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This speech seems to me to be a truncated version of the one Edward R. Murrow gave to the RTNDA Convention in Chicago on October 15, 1958. This isn't really a new perspective, which isn't to say it isn't one we should be hearing. I just feel that Dan Rather was content to tow the party line for so long, without any dissent, he was on the inside of the corporate news media and was fine to live there until he was forced to take the fall for the Bush National Guard story. I think he has done a lot of great work throughout his career, but to proffer this idea as a new one makes me think he is either naive, or was perhaps complacent to be blind for a time, while he benefited off of the machine he now lacerates.

Edward R. Murrow speech is here: http://www.turnoffyourtv.com/commentary/hiddenagenda/murrow.html

written by frekkld

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Littledragon hit it on the head: the conglomeration of news outlets is a serious sickness in our democracy.

Take for example General Electric, and their holdings, specifically NBC, and a defense contractor that manufactures nuclear warheads. In order to keep demand up for their warhead business, why wouldn't they air stories designed to keep the US population in a perpetual state of panic?

And don't get me started on our for-profit health care system. Capitalism fails the sick and the diseased left and right. No one wants to develop "orphan drugs," that is, cures for serious diseases. The real money is in prolonged treatment. No company part of the American Cancer Society is putting any money towards finding a cure, they all make more money with lengthy and painful cancer treatment. Lifestyle drugs like Viagra and Rogaine rule the market.

written by Kagenin | 4 months ago | CH

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Big upvote. The media and a healthy democracy are deeply linked.

written by Maze | 4 months ago | CH

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Good post but he's not really taking a hit on journalists themselves. More the corporatization of the ownership.

written by Bleedingsnowman

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A huge point (around 2:10) for me was the short-term schedule upon which media companies are expected to generate profit. In other words, soundbites and fluff are a natural pursuit when you're being judged quarterly.

written by broseth | 4 months ago | CH

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