Comments on: The revolution may not be televised… but it will be uploaded http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/ Our editors & readers talk Sat, 10 May 2008 20:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Trey Grenfell http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333689 Trey Grenfell Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:54:43 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333689 T.V. Dead? Hardly. It has simply shifted from being an informational source to pure mindless entertainment. People no longer think at all when they watch television. Even the so-called news is pure entertainment. When people want information, they go to news websites and hand-pick the information that they want, and read in-depth stories on that. Why wade through the 6 o'clock news for the 30 seconds of relevant information that they may or may not provide? No, T.V. has become a totally passive experience. It is not even interactive to the degree of analyzing the information being presented. People who watch T.V. simply turn off their brains and take in everything on the screen without any filters. From body images to baby formula, we believe the glowing box in all of its laissez faire free market wisdom. To discount television would be to ignore the most powerful social influence in the culture. T.V. Dead? Hardly. It has simply shifted from being an informational source to pure mindless entertainment. People no longer think at all when they watch television. Even the so-called news is pure entertainment. When people want information, they go to news websites and hand-pick the information that they want, and read in-depth stories on that. Why wade through the 6 o’clock news for the 30 seconds of relevant information that they may or may not provide? No, T.V. has become a totally passive experience. It is not even interactive to the degree of analyzing the information being presented. People who watch T.V. simply turn off their brains and take in everything on the screen without any filters. From body images to baby formula, we believe the glowing box in all of its laissez faire free market wisdom. To discount television would be to ignore the most powerful social influence in the culture.

]]> By: Juan Kerr http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333674 Juan Kerr Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:02:33 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333674 TV is dead. In England they can send you to JAIL for owning a TV set. To avopid jail you must pay the government nearly £200 so they can pay the BBC to tell you what to think. You cannot go to JAIL for simply owning a computer, so they are safer for your mind and freedom. TV is dead. In England they can send you to JAIL for owning a TV set. To avopid jail you must pay the government nearly £200 so they can pay the BBC to tell you what to think. You cannot go to JAIL for simply owning a computer, so they are safer for your mind and freedom.

]]> By: David Crosby http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333666 David Crosby Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:17:13 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333666 Why do all the Main news organizations only let readers comment on a selected few articles? Mostly inane fluff that really don't affect us much. Why do all the Main news organizations only let readers comment on a selected few articles? Mostly inane fluff that really don’t affect us much.

]]> By: Ed http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333654 Ed Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:02:17 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333654 I know this comment won't be heard,but here goes anyway.I'm sick and tried of hearing about the race issue,the last time I checked Barack Obama was as much white as he is African American.Maybe he should consider it racist becuase he's always referred to as African American. Thank you Ed I know this comment won’t be heard,but here goes anyway.I’m sick and tried of hearing about the race issue,the last time I checked Barack Obama was as much white as he is African American.Maybe he should consider it racist becuase he’s always referred to as African American.

Thank you Ed

]]> By: bowensevaluation http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333531 bowensevaluation Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:37:24 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333531 there are so many video sites spawning everywhere.... there are so many video sites spawning everywhere….

]]> By: :: ifocos :: » Digital coverage of We Media Miami 2008 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333530 :: ifocos :: » Digital coverage of We Media Miami 2008 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:23:09 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2008/03/04/the-revolution-may-not-be-televised%e2%80%a6-but-it-will-be-uploaded/#comment-333530 [...] Jones: “The revolution may not be televised…but it will be uploaded,” Reuters editors’ blog, March [...] […] Jones: “The revolution may not be televised…but it will be uploaded,” Reuters editors’ blog, March […]

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