Andrea Muhrrteyn
Why We Are White Refugees
From If it Bleads, It Leads; to ETV's Jerry Springer News
Do the media love violence, racial animosity? Do the media deliberately and intentionally ignore articles about non-violent activism, which favours sincere conflict resolution and problem solving; in favour of outrageous statements and acts of violence?Read more »
According to Mathew Kerbel, the author of If It Bleads, It Leads, a fundamental rule of television is: “It is a pretend medium.” I imagine much of his advice and criticism of television media is also applicable to print media. He refers to how journalists love stock phrases, which reminds you of that stock phrase we have heard in the past 5 days to describe the AWB and Eugene Terre'Blanche as 'white supremacist/s' (never defined); while Julius Malema is a 'firebrand politician'. Stock phrases.
Furthermore, he asserts the mainstream media have adopted their formulae from the Jerry Springer handbook, to titilate their viewers with confrontation and violence; with very little interest in thoughtful analysis. They prefer brevity, simplicity and shock value to depth, explaining complexity and finding sincere resolutions to problems. Makes me wonder: Did E-News adopt Jerry Springer show tactics by intentionally attempting to antagonize AWB's Mr. Andre Visagie, by deliberately denying him the opportunity to speak?
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