Sign the petition to stop SOPA and PIPA from destroying the Internet as we know it.
Pssssst...hey traditional media companies: The Internet has changed things for everybody. EVERYBODY. Small book stores and gift shops have taken a hit or closed down entirely. A 4th generation owned jewelry store in town closed its doors after 121 years in the community in part because people are now buying diamonds online. The store survived the GREAT DEPRESSION, but it did not survive the Internet.
All the small guys have already felt the burn as our leaders in Washington went about their....I guess it's called "business"... and Small businesses are just now starting to realize how to use the Internet to their advantage. Facebook. Twitter. Blogs. There's finally starting to be a decent cooperation between small business and the Internet. This new tool out there is a friend. Not just a friend.....it's becoming a pillar FOR micro-businesses. A way to compete with the big guys.
But NOW the mega Media companies are feeling the burn. And that's different, isn't it? Now Washington is sitting up and taking notice. NOW, after two decades and billions of pages of content. NOW our leaders want to implement draconian changes that fundamentally alter the Internet.
Here's my advice to the large traditional media companies: Adapt.
Adapt. Cuz...you know...the REST of us did. The small guys HAD to.
Cramming laws like SOPA and PIPA through is going to be a disaster for small businesses all over again.
And besides....the arts are infinitely adaptable. The arts have seen continuous transformation over the centuries in how they're funded...
...roving minstrals performing in the town square for coins, street performers, street artists...
...kings and nobelmen being arts patrons, funding massive works of art and plays...
...the Catholic Church...government funding...corporate funding...
...donations...
The current model of art as a mass produced product is a bit of an anomaly. And that train hasn't ended yet. It's chugging right along with plenty of money still to be had.
But the writing it on the wall. Adapt. Don't force the rest of us to have to adapt to you.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Thursday, August 18, 2011
Media Starts Reporting on Media Ignoring Ron Paul
In a particularly sadistic kick in the ribs, Journalism.org created a fully interactive tool for indicating just how thoroughly Ron Paul is ignored. For example you can make a line graph, or various types of bar graph to show how Ron Paul has been eschewed...I'm partial to pie charts, so I went with that:
As you can see by that orange sliver at the top, Ron Paul got that much media time following his second place showing in the Iowa Straw polls, with about 3.01% of the media time.
Here's a line graph I made:
I have named the photos, ignoringRonPaul.jpg and ignoringRonPaul2.jpg, respectively. As you can see....Ron Paul is, again, down there at the very bottom.
There are just so many ways we we can watch Ron Paul get belittled by Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and so on.
I think that Jon Stewart of the Daily Show did, however, talk about Ron Paul....but only to talk about how little people talk about him. Much like I'm doing now.
The Journalism.org site goes on to quote some Pew research tidbits to really rub it in:
Ron Paul...coming in a close second behind Michelle Bachman....is coming in second in media coverage behind DONALD TRUMP who isn't even running anymore.
I mean...what? Is Ron Paul crazier than, say......Donald Trump? Or, say....Michelle Bachman? There's got to be a story behind this Ron Paul thing. Some weird shunning of the Freemasons or something.
As you can see by that orange sliver at the top, Ron Paul got that much media time following his second place showing in the Iowa Straw polls, with about 3.01% of the media time.
Here's a line graph I made:
I have named the photos, ignoringRonPaul.jpg and ignoringRonPaul2.jpg, respectively. As you can see....Ron Paul is, again, down there at the very bottom.
There are just so many ways we we can watch Ron Paul get belittled by Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, and so on.
I think that Jon Stewart of the Daily Show did, however, talk about Ron Paul....but only to talk about how little people talk about him. Much like I'm doing now.
The Journalism.org site goes on to quote some Pew research tidbits to really rub it in:
29% - Percentage of Ron Paul’s campaign coverage in 2011 compared to Donald Trump's
In the days after his runner-up finish to Michele Bachmann in Iowa’s August 13 GOP straw poll, Texas Congressman Ron Paul complained about a lack of media coverage, accusing the press of being “frightened by me challenging the status quo and the establishment."
As pundits debate whether Paul is getting the attention he deserves, a PEJ analysis of campaign coverage this year indicates he is the 10th leading election newsmaker— trailing far behind non-candidates Donald Trump and Sarah Palin and as well as floundering Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich.
Ron Paul...coming in a close second behind Michelle Bachman....is coming in second in media coverage behind DONALD TRUMP who isn't even running anymore.
I mean...what? Is Ron Paul crazier than, say......Donald Trump? Or, say....Michelle Bachman? There's got to be a story behind this Ron Paul thing. Some weird shunning of the Freemasons or something.
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