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A revolutionary decade: Google killed the Media Stars
Patriot Room ^ | December 28, 2009 | Bill Dupray

Posted on 12/28/2009 8:55:05 AM PST by Bill Dupray

On August 1, 1981 MTV was born and the first video was Video killed the Radio Star, by the Buggles. It was a fitting tribute to the evolution of technology, wherein dinosaurs who could not adapt were left behind.

Maybe we can bring the Buggles back to sing an ode the 2000's, the aughts, or whatever unsatisfying name you prefer for this past decade. We could call the song Google Killed the Media Stars.

While those in the MSM are the ones (predictably) lamenting their relegation to buggy-whip status, the rest of us have immensely enjoyed the evolution and democratization of the media. It is all about (to borrow a phrase) choice and competition.

For decades, the MSM enjoyed a monopoly on news. If they thought it was important, you were told about it ("All the news that's fit to print").

More importantly for our purposes though is the fact that while you may have been told the news, you were not necessarily told the truth. Big difference. After all, I can tell you a guy tried to blow up a plane in Detroit. That is news. But I can also tell you the guy was a Muslim jihadist on a terror watch list, who was not stopped by Homeland Security and the only thing that saved the government's sorry ass was a faulty detonator. That is the truth.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: 2000s; internet; media; technology

1 posted on 12/28/2009 8:55:07 AM PST by Bill Dupray
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To: Bill Dupray

Next to disappear:

1) The ABC,NBC and CBS nightly newscasts.

With 24 hour news on TV/internet and the rapidly aging demographics who watch the ‘little three’ nightly news, I’d be surprised if they last another couple of years.

2) NPR

Don’t laugh. Someone will pull the plug....

3) PBS

Sesame Street won’t be scrapped but sold to Nickelodeon or Disney.

4) Rolling Stone Magazine

Another rapidly aging primary demographic (Baby boomers)
You can only do so many Bob Dylan or Barrack Obama covers besides Gen Y just logs on to facebook for articles about their favorite artists.

5) Either Time/Newsweak

In a 24 hour news cycle, one won’t survive.


2 posted on 12/28/2009 9:17:52 AM PST by Le Chien Rouge
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To: Bill Dupray

ABC,NBC and CBS are the only networks Seniors can still watch. Otherwise they would find out Obamacare is about to shorten their lifespan.


3 posted on 12/28/2009 9:56:38 AM PST by radioone (Alinskys rules for radicals: Ridicule is a better tactic than argument.)
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