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With statements in the "Call To Arms" like this
By creating media structures where people are allowed to participate instead of spectate, a new world of co-operative reality shaping opens.
the article seems to be endorsing distributed media models, which I tend to support as being harder for individual interests to exploit. But to be honest, any time you're relying on other people's statements for your view of reality, you're viewing things through someone else's perspective. And even in the distributed media world (e.g. blogs) certain "authoritative sources" develop.
Oh, and of course, distributed media in a generally non-distributed media world is still subject to distortion provided by the main sources, when the authors rely on major news sources for their information, which they frequently do. I'm not a fan of the "newswire" type blog, which seems to me to be nothing more than I can get from Google News.
Furthermore, the more media is distributed the more it is possible to pick and choose your sources so you end up not having your viewpoint challenged at all.
The most effective thing would seem to me to be a lot more picky about the information you take in, carefully evaluate your sources at all times, and encourage other people to do the same. And make sure your sources are as wide-ranging as possible. |
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