Murderous Media: Irresponsible and Unaccountable

by Pier Marton | Apr 3, 2011 | Asia, Doc, Eco, History, Human Rights, Media, Middle-East, Spectacle, Wars

IF THE MEDIA IS NOT PRESENT, THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A KORAN BEING BURNED: stupidity should be left alone.
Short term “thinking” = Most media thrives on scandal: catch their attention now!
Should that BUSINESS be regulated?
“I am not responsible,” the refrain you may recall as the Nuremberg trials were summarized in the film “Night and Fog”:
“I in no way feel like our church is responsible for what happened.” — Wayne Sapp, a pastor at Dove Outreach Center, as deadly violence broke out in Afghanistan for a second day Saturday in response to his small church in Florida burning a Quran last month.”
Can this go on?

News & Olds

BREAK THE SURFACE
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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus