We were driving through Kaneohe on our way back to Kaaawa late Friday afternoon when NPR’s “On the Media” broadcast what might have been the two most depressing interviews I’ve heard in a long time. They reflect on the state of the media, print and online, and leave you wondering what in the world is going on in the media world.
In any case, the links follow. You can listen by clicking the right-arrow hieroglyphic, which I recommend, or read the transcript with the one that looks like lines on a tiny page. You’ll see when you try the links.
One of the comments on the second interview sums it all up well:
Christopher from Portland, OR
Interesting parallel between this guy and the phone hacking guy.
They are both correct in the sense that the public consumes this stuff (tabloid infotainment based upon dubious prying practices and pictures of real naked people) so they’re both just fulfilling a need in a market system. But they both seem to believe that this absolves them of any ethical or basic human responsibility.
Of course, they are hardly alone in that belief.
Capitalism trumps everything. What a great species we’ve turned out to be.
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McMullan may have been a professional journalist at one time but it seems he gave up that profession a while ago.
I wonder if one reason sleaze media is taking off has to do with the emptiness of the legitimate media, like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9MGOckIzlU&feature=share