Comments on: Terrorist attack 2.0 http://editinganddesignfall08.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/terrorist-attack-20/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:47:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: carneage http://editinganddesignfall08.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/terrorist-attack-20/#comment-60 carneage Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:29:20 +0000 http://editinganddesignfall08.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-60 My favorite part of the program was the interview with Arnab Goswami, chief editor of the English-language network Times Now. He said that he stopped on air reporters from giving some breaking news that disclosed location and response information, so that it wouldn't give the terrorists any perspective on their own attacks. What’s so interesting about this case is India’s fledgling independent media, only 10 years old, is still fighting for self-regulation. “It’s very important that we don’t give the opportunity for anyone in the government to accuse us of giving away these kinds of details,” Goswami said. His overall message? “We need to be prepared. Both in the media and in the government” - Keith Carne My favorite part of the program was the interview with Arnab Goswami, chief editor of the English-language network Times Now. He said that he stopped on air reporters from giving some breaking news that disclosed location and response information, so that it wouldn’t give the terrorists any perspective on their own attacks.

What’s so interesting about this case is India’s fledgling independent media, only 10 years old, is still fighting for self-regulation. “It’s very important that we don’t give the opportunity for anyone in the government to accuse us of giving away these kinds of details,” Goswami said.

His overall message? “We need to be prepared. Both in the media and in the government”

- Keith Carne

]]> By: stinetran http://editinganddesignfall08.wordpress.com/2008/12/07/terrorist-attack-20/#comment-43 stinetran Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:16:07 +0000 http://editinganddesignfall08.wordpress.com/?p=100#comment-43 I think this is a prime example of how the "naive public" seems to believe everything on the news or anything published. The fact that Twitter could seemingly be the closest thing to an online aggregated public sphere, hopefully will cause people to become skeptical about what people post. Though information may be given quickly through Twitter, I find it really hard to believe that it is all accurate. Unless there are privileged sources or links to video coverage, it's hard to trust "big news" on these types of media outlets. It's going to come down to reliable sources actually backing up the "facts" that are given in a rapid and aggregated manner. I think this is a prime example of how the “naive public” seems to believe everything on the news or anything published. The fact that Twitter could seemingly be the closest thing to an online aggregated public sphere, hopefully will cause people to become skeptical about what people post. Though information may be given quickly through Twitter, I find it really hard to believe that it is all accurate. Unless there are privileged sources or links to video coverage, it’s hard to trust “big news” on these types of media outlets. It’s going to come down to reliable sources actually backing up the “facts” that are given in a rapid and aggregated manner.

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