Word: medias
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That's interesting to me, because in your book you indict the mainstream media for spinning gruesome stories - like using music to psychologically manipulate prisoners - and turning them into a fluff pieces on Barney's "I Love You" song being played at prisons in Iraq. I'm definitely, definitely not accusing the movie of the thing I accused the media of doing in the book. And in fact, that stuff about Barney being turned into a funny story is the kind of sharp, dark end of the movie. I'm not a conspiracy theorist...
...Right. Money obviously means nothing to anyone at Goldman Sachs. A lot of people have sounded the death knell for print media, but you disagree. Why? People don't realize how much better a business it was to start with. The worst kind of business is the hit-driven business. One celebrity can hold up your entire enterprise. People are forever tricked into believing that somebody has the magic sauce and must be paid whatever they ask. Businesses such as newspapers, where the content is continuous and you're relying on the value of a franchise rather than a star...
...died - an overall 11% fatality rate. Although the rate of hospitalization was highest among infants under 2 months old, the rate of death was highest in patients over age 50; H1N1 was least likely to turn fatal in patients under age 17. Yet with all the focus in the media on the vulnerability of younger patients to infection, the elderly may have been somewhat dangerously overlooked, says Louie. Although older patients may not be at high risk of getting infected in the first place (thanks to their residual immunity to the virus from previous outbreaks of H1N1), their risk...
Despite the loss of jobs in the media industry, Jones said he believes the down turn is a good thing...
...earlier version of the Nov. 3 news article "Journalists Discuss Future of Media" ran an incorrect quote from Boston Globe Editor Marty Baron, which referred to journalists as 'semi-professionals.' In fact, Baron said that "Journalism is sending professionals out to find out what is going on, [who] verifies documents, is fair and honest, and broadcasts it in a forum that is accessible...