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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 12:58:41 -0500
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- From: AHMED@DAYTON.BITNET
- Subject: Re: Media/communicatioons
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- Jon, regarding your note to Phil....there IS a pattern Jon.....and its
- usually always somewhat racist, and extremely protective of those in
- power.....in cities, its city hall, on the majors, its the current
- administration and the corporations.....
-
- There is a ton of stuff available in reports of the RTC (the trust that is
- investigating S&L's) of Lloyd Bentsen and his roles as well as the role
- of the new Chief of Staff of the new president.....the right and left media
- prints it, its ignored by the major media....
-
- Even in cities, its the same.... I attended a lecture by Spike Lee who
- accepted a last minute invitation by the students at the Univ. of
- Missouri campus in St. Louis.... Spike stated early that the video
- cameras be on only for the first 5 minutes and then they were to be
- turned off....but one could record his talk.... Well, after 5 minutes
- he asked that the cameras (local news & TV) be turned off...they argued
- briefly that it was a public campus and they had a right and he said that
- lots of people including Madonna and various performers also ban cameras
- and video when they do their show... a very brief melee occured and the
- cameras were turned off. Spike spoke for some time and then fielded
- questions for about 2 hours.... He was very very interesting and he had
- a lot to say about racism and prejudice in the entertainment industry..
-
- That evening on local TV and the next day in the local one and only
- major paper, all we got was the melee and the arguments....Not one word
- about his comments or his speech was mentioned, not one word about how
- Spike Lee saw racism in the movie industry and the entertainment world...
-
- By the way, the reporters and the cameraman stayed for most of the show
- with the cameras off and even recorded the speech...... Excerpts were
- printed in only one small leftist magazine....
-
- Jon, its difficult if not impossible to prove that the media or democracy
- has failed by court room evidence.... but if we judge by the results, they
- have failed rather miserably....
-
- zahir
-