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Part of this feeling of inevitability stems from the way in which that disparate collective we call “the media?? picks up on these expressions and repeats them endlessly, circumscribing our understanding of world events in narrow ways. The word “media?? itself is a pervasive expression that cheats us of a better conceptualization of its object, particularly important as our source of information about the world. Originally the plural of medium, Latin simply for middle, mean, “media?? in its current usage is specifically derived from...
What is more, the word is inappropriately and significantly treated as a singular form, such as in the statement that “the media has a liberal bias.” The idea that “the media?? is a single entity is borne to us through the vector of language. If we were concentrating, would we really choose to refer to the totality of mass communication as if it were guided by a single will? Perhaps current usage of “the media?? (sing.) is a symptom of the trend towards nation...
Everything democracy stands for is violated by the current convention, and it’s time for the party to listen to its citizens, to invite some of them to let their voices be heard. The DNC opened its doors to the nations’ media??constructing a tent from which they could file stories, setting up wireless connections for bloggers—and it is high time that they let the nation’s citizens participate...
...point repeated by all the panelists was the media??s failure to provide balanced coverage...
Referring to the media??s war coverage, Moore added, “You haven’t just been embedded. You’ve been in bed with the wrong people...