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News and Media,
Propaganda
Will Truth Rise Again?
(MediaChannel.org)
Today, we live in two worlds of news and information. One is "fact based," the other "faith-based." In the former, we cling to a world of objective reporting and verifiable evidence even as we know how facts are skewed by media outlets with undisclosed agendas; in the latter, we only acknowledge facts that support our opinions and often don't let facts get in the way of a "good argument"... you can't trust what you first hear or how it is spun... This is going on every day. Incomplete stores, tilted accounts, distorted news. It's not just that some journalists today are on the government payroll. The rot in our corporate media goes deeper. Much deeper.
(MediaChannel.org)
Today, we live in two worlds of news and information. One is "fact based," the other "faith-based." In the former, we cling to a world of objective reporting and verifiable evidence even as we know how facts are skewed by media outlets with undisclosed agendas; in the latter, we only acknowledge facts that support our opinions and often don't let facts get in the way of a "good argument"... you can't trust what you first hear or how it is spun... This is going on every day. Incomplete stores, tilted accounts, distorted news. It's not just that some journalists today are on the government payroll. The rot in our corporate media goes deeper. Much deeper.
(Propaganda, thy name is: "mainstream media." But I have this gut feeling that most people really don't want to hear the truth about things. Filtered "truth" is much easier to digest, even as a world of lies crumbles all around you. )
« 11:48:22 PM » 
Cyberculture,
Business, Branding
Behind the curtain
(BrandShift blog)
Branding pundit Jennifer Rice: "My definition of a brand is an idea in the minds of your customers... and that idea is formed by what you say and what you do... the blogosphere is shining a bright light on the gap between how a company presents itself and who a company 'really is.' Social technologies like blogs and community forums are forcing us to completely rethink the traditional tenets of brand management."
(BrandShift blog)
Branding pundit Jennifer Rice: "My definition of a brand is an idea in the minds of your customers... and that idea is formed by what you say and what you do... the blogosphere is shining a bright light on the gap between how a company presents itself and who a company 'really is.' Social technologies like blogs and community forums are forcing us to completely rethink the traditional tenets of brand management."
(You can spin, but you can't hide. )
« 6:14:03 AM »
Economics,
Education
Black, Asian women with degree outearn white women
(The Seattle Times)
Black and Asian women with bachelor's degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else...R egardless of race or gender, a college graduate on average earned more than $51,000, compared with $28,000 for someone with only a high-school diploma or an equivalent degree.
(The Seattle Times)
Black and Asian women with bachelor's degrees earn slightly more than similarly educated white women, and white men with four-year degrees make more than anyone else...R egardless of race or gender, a college graduate on average earned more than $51,000, compared with $28,000 for someone with only a high-school diploma or an equivalent degree.
(Your overpriced degree may have some value after all. )
« 6:13:49 AM »
4/3/2005; 3:43:19 AM - Lawrence Green
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