Comments on: Why Paris Hilton Is Front Page News

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:58:28 +0000

Good article, good point, and yes the media is important to travel. On a slightly unrelated note, look at how far it’s gone here in the UK:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2218528,00.html

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By: Vagabondish | This Week in Offbeat Travel - June 9, 2007

Vagabondish | This Week in Offbeat Travel - June 9, 2007 — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 16:31:28 +0000

[...] PickTheBrain.com has a fantastic piece on killing your TV for a weekend. You’ll be amazed at just how much time and productivity you sacrifice to The Box. (Hat tip: BNT) [...]

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By: Jacqueline

Jacqueline — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:47:22 +0000

Freedom of the press is definitely better than the alternative, although I do sometimes wonder what they choose to cover. What does it say about people in general that Paris Hilton’s jail time is worthy of front page coverage?

At least we have the option to click away or change the channel, and thanks to the web, we can choose our sources of information.

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By: ian mackenzie

ian mackenzie — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:33:52 +0000

ourman – that’s an interesting point about media freedom in other countries. perhaps a good question to ask is: what’s better? media control or media sludge? it’s possible the latter is a version of the former, only glittered up with a fancy toy dog.

john – that’s the beauty of the net. there’s always room for more corners ;-D

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By: John Wesley

John Wesley — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:20:28 +0000

I couldn’t agree more. At least there’s still those undeveloped corners of the internet.

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By: ourman

ourman — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:19:30 +0000

When I lived in Vietnam we had state TV. Occasionally expats and foreigners would complain about the lack of media freedoms.

Fair point except…

Increasingly the world’s media seems to be run by Rupert Murdoch. A man who makes deals to support governments in return for increased press freedom.

Also a man whose many hundreds of newspapers world wide supported the Iraq war from the outset. Every last single one of them.

You’re right – avoid major media and stick with who you trust on the internet.

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