[cma-l] Making Media Matter?

Tue Nov 15 16:19:00 GMT 2011

Paulo
If you read what I wrore carefully, you'll see that I wasn't suggesting that Community Radio shouldn't report these activities - just that it shouldn't side with those involved against the rule of Law.
My views are bizarre? You find adherance to the Law of the Land bizarre?
It's surely not that hard to distinguish between exressing a controversial view and advocating illegal acts.
You don't change an unpopular rule by continually breaking it in a democracy.
Or perhaps you don't like the idea of democracy?
If you're going to "Report the Unreported", you still have to make editorial judgements about what to include and what to leave out - so some form of bias will inevitably creep in.

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Ian Hickling
Partner
transplan UK

> From: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:41:52 +0000
> To: cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Making Media Matter?
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "undercurrents alternative news" <paulo at undercurrents.org>
> To: ian at transplan.uk.com
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> Roger Drury makes a good claim. Community media has to be about supporting
> the community who are actively trying to engage people to create a better
> world. Every mainstream media ignored the Occupy movement for weeks until
> it became too big to ignore. Now it is a worldwide movement. If CR does
> not report movements like this, then it will become as irrelevant as most
> of the other commercial media. As Roger rightly states the Occupy movement
> are already doing their own media and bypassing the broadcasters slants
> and snides.
> 
> So I find Ian Hickling's views totally bizarre.It is the role of Community
> media to air the voices which other radio and media channels are actively
> ignoring.
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> Toeing a Government or corporate line is not going to win any favours with
> your audiences either.
> 
> Report the unreported!
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> > So are you proposing that we actively support people who are potentially
> > breaking the law - and risk prosecution?
> > Opposing Government policies isn't going to do a lot to get CR better
> > central funding!
> > One man's legitimate commercial revenue is another man's greed.
> > In my experience it's generally the ones who don't have it - and aren't
> > prepared to do anything about it - that like to cause trouble for the
> > people who have worked hard all their lives to build up a successful
> > business.
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> > Ian Hickling
> > Partner
> > transplan UK
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> >> From: roger at coalway.f9.co.uk
> >> To: cma-l at mailman.commedia.org.uk
> >> Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:34:22 +0000
> >> CC: MECCSA at JISCMAIL.AC.UK
> >> Subject: Re: [cma-l] Making Media matter
> >>
> >> >From distance I have been tuning in to the Occupy London live stream,
> >> it is
> >> a rich and varying mix of opinion, debate, singing, performance but they
> >> need support, keeping it on air 14-16 hours a day
> >>
> >> So I am writng this to appeal to the Community media community isn;t
> >> this
> >> just the example of real broadcasting that we should be supporting?
> >>
> >> If you can get down there, contact them- if a couple of people a day
> >> could
> >> help with technical, media, content support.
> >>
> >> The cause is challenging greed isn't that the heart of community?
> >>
> >> Do what you can? What can CMA offer? MECCSA?
> >>
> >> www.livestream.com/occupylsx
> >>
> >> best to all
> >>
> >> Roger Drury
> >> SOUNDWORK Community Projects
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