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kpete

(71,996 posts) Tue Nov 10, 2015, 09:43 AM Nov 2015

Fascinating observation on the zeitgeist of the Mizzou demonstrations by a Guardian writer

https://twitter.com/AdamWeinstein/status/663795706310725632

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Fascinating observation on the zeitgeist of the Mizzou demonstrations by a Guardian writer (Original Post) kpete Nov 2015 OP

Something similar happened during the counterculture and Black Power era. leveymg Nov 2015 #1

Media brings its own frame and its own biases with it GreatGazoo Nov 2015 #2

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Something similar happened during the counterculture and Black Power era.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 09:53 AM

Nov 2015

There was a rejection but also a shrewd manipulation of corporate media. The Panthers and Yippies were pros at denouncing the Establishment while using its media as a vehicle to carry a rejectionistic message.

GreatGazoo

(3,937 posts)

2. Media brings its own frame and its own biases with it

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 10:25 AM

Nov 2015

It often wants to go beyond documenting. It wants to be the scoreboard even while it is a cheerleader for one side or the other.

Re-inventing or going around the traditional media happens in revolutions and it happens when media is weaponized against those it covers.

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