Media is a Plural
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Rory OConnor is a documentary filmmaker and journalist. He has directed, written and/or produced numerous films and television programs for ABC, PBS and other TV outlets. His broadcast and film work has been honored with a George Polk Award, a Writers Guild Award, two Emmys, an Iris, a Cine Gold Eagle, and many other awards. He oversees the not-for-profit MediaChannel.org website, and publishes a blog called "Media is a Plural." He is also president and co-founder of the international media firm Globalvision, Inc, and The Global Center, an affiliated non-profit educational foundation. More » (Source: Media is a Plural)
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Network News Chiefs: The Future's So Bright
(Blog Post) While celebrating Murrow and citing Cronkite, network news chiefs remain in deep denial about "meeting the industry's challenges."Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca
Despite the startling success of Maddow and the recent addition of Schultz to an increasingly liberal lineup that also includes MSNBC’s first breakout star Keith Olbermann, ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Media Torture
(Blog Post) After all, defending torture — and the torturers — is now a long accepted practice in American journalism, one that brings you much acclaim and access to power, bylines, ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Babes in TortureLand
(Blog Post) "If the president does it, that means it's not illegal."Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Time to Think About Torture
(Blog Post) Of course, “We can’t legalize physical torture,” Alter opined, as “It’s contrary to American values.” Still, “we need to keep an open mind” about other ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Why Brands Can’t Be Trusted
Internet users put considerable trust in search engines as the online equivalent of traditional gatekeepers. But most are not even aware that sponsors pay for their links or ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Public Displays of Connection
A still-growing body of academic research supports the notion that online networks (such as Facebook or Slashdot, to name just two) actually make finding and sharing credible ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Ponzi Democracy
Who was Ponzi, what exactly did he do – and why, nearly a hundred years later, does he and his eponymous scheme still resonate?Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Beating the Press - Literally
only in America could a man who has called the corporatized, in-the-tank, mainstream media his "base" -- the media that made him its darling and hailed him for his supposed ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Big Media, Big Politics and Change We Can Believe In
After seeing an unknown Illinois senator electrify the 2004 Democratic convention floor with a keynote speech, I then wrote: "Last night, while the networks slept, the cynics ...Posted by Rory O'Connor
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Media, Money and Sun Myung Moon
(Blog Post) “Moon looked on the media as almost the nervous system for a global empire. Moon was the brain, and the media are to be, or were to be, the communications vehicle for his ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Iraq & Afghan Wars: Just Give Me Some Truth
(Blog Post) When it came to the war in Iraq, “I should have been the canary in the coal mine,” Alissa Rubin wrote this week in the New York Times. “But like so many others around ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Will Mainstream Media Journalists Fail on Afghanistan War the Way They Did on Iraq?
(Blog Post) The “’forgotten war’ in Afghanistan, as news outlets once called it, is suddenly very visible. NBC News’ chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel – who made his ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
NFL to Rush Limbaugh: You’re a Dead Man Talking!
(Blog Post) It was obvious from the start that Rush Limbaugh’s bid to buy into the NFL was doomed. But why do NFL owners hold themselves to higher standards than the rest of us?Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Just Say Yes Men
The Yes Men’s latest elaborate media hoax/heist blanketed Manhattan early Monday morning with a fake “truth-telling tabloid” about climate change and how it will soon ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Happy 40th Birthday, Mr. Internet!
(Blog Post) Its relative initial obscurity was key to the success and adoption of the Internet, as experimentation was readily fostered and the ideal of an open network became a reality. ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Join the Journalism Clubs -- "Members Only"
(Blog Post) Desperate to stay alive, beleaguered newspaper executives first tried to “monetize” their “content.” Now they’re desperately trying to “monetize” their ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Your Message Here: Salons, Sponsors, Pay-to-Play & Journalism
(Blog Post) if, like so many others, you are currently ‘consuming’ most of your media diet at low-or-no cost, while operating under the notorious Internet dictum that “Information ...Posted by Rory O'Connor -
Personal Democracy
With half of the members of Congress now running their own YouTube Channel, and many of the rest Twittering their time away, no one questions any longer the primacy of the ...Posted by JessG -
Censoring Pro-Palestinian Political Messages?
(Blog Post) Was it policy or pressure that led Lamar Outdoor Advertising to tear down billboards featuring a pro-Palestinian political message? Judge for yourself.Posted by Rory O'Connor
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