tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32796536.post7402208854552070289..comments2023-11-29T09:38:02.377+00:00Comments on Philosopher's Tree: Britain's New Government: What's the Rush?Al Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07179473485486839470noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32796536.post-32239113314927620932010-05-12T09:04:33.247+00:002010-05-12T09:04:33.247+00:00"...it seems more important to talk through t..."...it seems more important to talk through the issues now ... Even if it leaves the newsmen standing around with nothing to report on."<br /><br />Even though the negotiations have been completed this morning, the BBC were still breathlessly debating whether Cameron would use the front door, or the back door to No. 10.<br /><br />It's very hard to see the truth through the self-perpetuating media frenzy - indeed, sometimes it's hard to see anything at all!Andrew Kemberhttp://kember.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32796536.post-14125295273464930512010-05-11T17:26:55.344+00:002010-05-11T17:26:55.344+00:00Another angle on this is that it's cheaper for...Another angle on this is that it's cheaper for a news organisation to report primarily on domestic matters rather than search out news overseas.Al Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179473485486839470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32796536.post-30144655753901018562010-05-11T10:59:53.595+00:002010-05-11T10:59:53.595+00:00Hi Al
Just a random kind of thought that occurred...Hi Al<br /><br />Just a random kind of thought that occurred to me from your first paragraph.<br /><br />It seems to me that the demand by some in the media to 'get things moving' is also informed in part by the capability of the media to report 'just in time' through a multitude of technology conduits. This is to say, technologies make possible a continual flow of news that needs to be created. This suggests that the media experiences technology as creating a vacuum with an insatiable appetite that they see needs to be continually filled. However, discussions such as those happening between the LibDems and the Conservatives and Labour are not conducive to filling this, because they are happening behind the scenes: there is little to tell.<br /><br />There is also a conundrum here for the media. A resolution would create a filling of the vacuum (hence them calling for one), but this space would then quickly empty. Much better for the discussions to continue, but with the caveat that they are perpetually interrupted by the kinds of news we had yesterday.<br /><br />In this sense, the creation of news (rather than just 'happening') is sped up due to the demand for technology to be filled, to the degree that news is created more with technology in mind and less with us.<br /><br />SteveSteve Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469756955336783096noreply@blogger.com