Media & Journalism - April 2007

2007-04-15 22:07:31 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

That is, the hypocrisy of:

- Don Imus apologizing for the kind of stupid remark that he's been making for years.
- Morally questionable characters like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton sitting in moral judgment of Imus.
- The black community for acting like Don Imus is the biggest problem facing them.
- NBC and CBS, for letting profits guide their programming decisions, and not morality, ethics or taste.
- Our society and culture, for acting offended by Imus's remark, but giving the highest approval to violent and profane entertainment like the movie The Departed and the TV show the Sopranos.

2007-04-15 22:05:02 · 9 answers · asked by EyeGuessSo 3

Perhaps I sound insensitive, but my god, the same thing happens every day! It gets tiresome and trite to hear about it all the time.

2007-04-15 22:04:38 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In regard to the media industry especially journalism, what is reffered to as a proffessional lie?

2007-04-15 19:49:56 · 2 answers · asked by fakali 1

2007-04-15 19:39:15 · 5 answers · asked by arviart4u 1

I've heard and seen a lot of evidence that global warming is not a hoax, and yet there is also a lot of evidence and argument against its authenticity. What do you think? Name sources if possible.

2007-04-15 18:14:03 · 14 answers · asked by JudasHero 5

You just might be surprised.

2007-04-15 17:08:52 · 10 answers · asked by TedEx 7

Is is right that the woman who accused the three men of rape should get off scott free or should there be some kind of consequences for the lies she told?

2007-04-15 16:54:34 · 16 answers · asked by Punky 2

When a bunch of college students say their whole school year was tainted because of what one person made comment to -- and I bet none of them even listen to the IMUS show.

I want to see Sharpton and Jackson support every white, gay slur used now.
These are the real instigators.

All these girls went on about how smart they consider themselves, yet they let one comment from someone they never knew impact them so much.

How smart can they really be then?

2007-04-15 16:36:32 · 15 answers · asked by writersbIock2006 5

as much heat as if he was white

2007-04-15 16:04:26 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

Where is courage in the media?
I am looking for examples in movies, songs or books. Thanks for your help...I can't think of anything for this concept! I am using the lion in The Wizard of Oz for one example, could you think of two more?

2007-04-15 15:46:38 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

OMG, Like I am a 20 year old African American female, and i absolutly hate when people say racist things. He should get the death penalty like toatally, because he's soooooooooo racist, you know even though he said absolutly nothing about black people and there were two white girls on the team.

2007-04-15 15:23:51 · 10 answers · asked by sook miballs 1

Which do you prefer in the morning?

2007-04-15 15:14:58 · 10 answers · asked by \\\Jack Beanstalk 2

in Uruguay,I think his parents live in montivideo,but he has a ex-wife,and child over here,and can't find nothing out. I'm just scared!!!!!!!!!

2007-04-15 14:50:29 · 3 answers · asked by Gail G 2

2007-04-15 14:37:40 · 7 answers · asked by Gail G 2

....To Operation Push. Doesn't That Discredit Their Claims That Imus Didn't Pander To A Racist Audience Or Are We Being Too Sensitive Again Concerning The Racist Mail & Bomb Threats? What Did The Rutgers Team Do To Deserve That? They Even Accepted His Apology. And Bomb Threats?, No Opinion Of Jesse Jackson Makes That Acceptable.

2007-04-15 13:43:04 · 23 answers · asked by NativeAtlantean 5

I have not seen coverage of it, but simply found in the April 16 Newsweek that Senator "McCain's stroll through Baghdad's Shorja marketplace vest in sunglasses--as if nothing were amiss--turned out to be a photo op from hell."

Why was this conclusion drawn? How really should one go through the city? Was he in the "Green Zone"? That is the only area in Iraq that is safe. The media seems to overreact on items such as this. Or am I missing something? All responses appreciated.

2007-04-15 13:31:50 · 3 answers · asked by Rev. Dr. Glen 3

Do you feel like it was a necessity once you started to work?
I may attend school without any Journalism or English program (University of Louisville) and I want to be a journalist. Should I reconsider?

2007-04-15 12:50:14 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

associates with the salvation army in the downtown eastside of Vancouver. He is of mixed race (part korean part white).
Please any information would be appreciated. This fellow
harrassed me in the past and I moved away because of him.
He is very disturbed and strange.

2007-04-15 11:34:10 · 5 answers · asked by stephanie e 3

2007-04-15 08:42:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-15 07:20:29 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

In rephrasing Imus' stupid/hurtful/obnoxious comments please rate from 1-Completely Allow 5-Maybe Allow depending on context10-Absolutely Ban word/phrase>Any comments would be welcome.
* The Rutgers team of "nappy headed" players..
*The Rutgers "Hos".
*The Rutgers "tough looking gals".
*The Rutgers "ladies" basketball team.
*The "awesome Rutgers team comprised primarily of great black women atheletes".
The Rutgers predominantly "black women's team"
Hopefully your responses will help add clarity to the issue.Thanks.

2007-04-15 05:14:30 · 15 answers · asked by gordem 2

I found this article interesting:

In 2004, students at Spelman College, a black women's college in Atlanta, became upset over rapper Nelly's video for his song "Tip Drill," in which he cavorts with strippers and swipes a credit card between one woman's buttocks. The rapper wanted to hold a campus bone marrow drive for his ailing sister, but students demanded he first participate in a discussion about the video's troubling images. Nelly declined.

In 2005, Essence magazine launched its "Take Back the Music" campaign. Writers such as Joan Morgan and Kierna Mayo and filmmaker Byron Hurt also have tackled the issue recently. T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting, author of "Pimps Up, Ho's Down: Hip Hop's Hold on Young Black Women" and a professor at Vanderbilt University, said many black women resist rap music and hip-hop culture, but their efforts are largely ignored by mainstream media. As an example, the professor pointed to "Rap Sessions," the 10-city tour in which she's participating.

2007-04-15 05:01:23 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

My opinion is the Lacrosse players , who were lied about, lost a year of their lives defending a false allegation while the Rutgers team is now national heros who may have a movie made about them.On average Rutgers ladies win big and Duke guys lose big...sadly.

2007-04-15 05:01:05 · 5 answers · asked by gordem 2

I'm not talking about the producer Bernard. He was worse than Imus. I'm talking about production assistants and such. What about the Imus ranch for kids with cancer and other blood diseases? Imus may have done a bad thing but he's also done a lot of good. He has been punished over and over for what he said and so have employees who had little or nothing to do with the Imus schtick. The backlash has affected so many more people that it doesn't seem fair. The punishment so exceeds the crime.

2007-04-15 04:57:12 · 3 answers · asked by alikilee 3

I was just watching the news media and I was pretty much disgusted by what I saw, not with the Inus situation but with the media itself. NBC and CBS were condemming Inus for what he said but in reality they were the ones who hired him in the first place so who's fault is it really? Another point I have to make is why do rappers get by degrading women, African Americans, and other people while one white guy says one thing and he is considered a racist? I believe that no one has the right to say racist remarks on the air and getting rewarded for it. I am mostly upset by the major networks but mostly with the FCC for not doing their jobs. I believe the FCC is mostly to blame for all the media junk n our society. I called the FCC up one day because I saw something on TV where they spoke nothing but degrading words and their advice was just to change the channel and it was my choice for watching it or not. Is that the solution for our society, to just change the channel? Who is to blame?

2007-04-15 04:51:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

Anna Nicolle was reported and the war wasn't reported.
Iraq gets news, but hardly any of Afghanistan.
Negative reporting on otherwise positive things.
Britney Spears shenanigans reported more than our soldiers and their needs.
Where are the good people who see things clearly?

2007-04-15 04:02:27 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

and be unbiased in reporting.

2007-04-15 02:30:24 · 6 answers · asked by Steven C 1

What do you think ?

2007-04-15 01:17:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

Fox News, CNN, CBS, NBC, ect?

2007-04-14 23:45:25 · 17 answers · asked by C R 2