tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980533.post570460771468937112..comments2023-09-29T03:43:22.288-04:00Comments on TNNWC Publications: DOUGLAS CASTLE RANTS: Sorting Through "Extreme News" From Left, Right and CenterDouglas Castlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00521679449074072919noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31980533.post-10612543722304524662010-05-03T15:20:15.792-04:002010-05-03T15:20:15.792-04:00In times of universal deceit, telling the truth wi...In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.<br />--George Orwell<br /><br />People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which they love is true.<br />-- Robert J. Ringer<br /><br />"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth,<br />they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts" <br />~Abraham Lincoln <br /><br />It is one thing to have an open mind. . . . but don’t let your brains fall out at the smallest puff of wind.<br />Journalism is not rocket science. . . Tell the story factually. The ability to do that without slanting to your preconceived views?. . . now that is becoming the extinct from yesterdays model of journalism.<br /><br />Most news papers (Print Media) smell so poorly that you dare not taint the fish that you would wrap it in.<br />The meteoric plunge of subscription and add revenues along with the bankruptcies are a direct proof of this. Media over the air waves is experiencing the same purging effect as well.<br /><br />Ask any banana republic what is the first to go under poor conditions?<br />Transparency then Information.<br /><br />Today’s model (whatever form it takes, Print and electronic medias melting together) that will emerge, (through painfully evolutionary means) will simply be nonpartisan and non-corrupted media streams of immediate reports. The focus will reside in Transparency, Information and Knowledge.<br /><br />Those that do not change?<br />Are already dinosaurs. . . they just haven’t reported it yet.<br /> <br />And in the end? <br />Isn’t that what it is all about?<br /><br />A little word called truth.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />Mike FeslerMike Feslernoreply@blogger.com