Comments on: Feeding the Corporate Beast: Notes from the Underground http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/ Rory O'Connor's blog Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Keith Balzer http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70850 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:19:07 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70850 How to pay for that last bit? How about an auction the day before election day... so all the toys our good outgoing officials got to play with during their so-called patriot act days can be in possession of anyone. How to pay for that last bit?

How about an auction the day before election day… so all the toys our good outgoing officials got to play with during their so-called patriot act days can be in possession of anyone.

]]> by: Keith Balzer http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70849 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:17:59 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70849 Maybe its time we produce some quality PBS programming... I'll take a digital satellite service on us please. Maybe its time we produce some quality PBS programming…

I’ll take a digital satellite service on us please.

]]> by: Keith Balzer http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70848 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:17:20 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-70848 no earth, huh? And what gives these entities the authority to say so. It may be legitimate, but this talking out the side of your mouth.... i guess its for me to figure out... no earth, huh? And what gives these entities the authority to say so. It may be legitimate, but this talking out the side of your mouth…. i guess its for me to figure out…

]]> by: dan http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-1168 Fri, 20 Jan 2006 21:35:58 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-1168 I don't think it's responsible to lump Amy Goodman in with Franken and Moore. Franken especially is obviously all about the celebrity; Moore, perhaps less so, but he certainly enjoys the limelight. I can't say what those guys do in their personal lives to "better" things...maybe a lot, maybe nothing - probably somewhere in between. But Amy is constantly speaking out for the disenfranchised, and, more importantly, giving them a voice on a day-in, day-out basis. First, her celebrity is nowhere near the level of Moore or Franken. Preyy much everyone in teh general populus knows Moore because of his movies, and Franken isn't far behind. Amy Goodman's celebrity is confined to the activist/progressive movement - go out on the street and ask ten people about these three and you'll be lucky if two people have heard of her. Further, her celebrity within "the movement" is due to her honest reporting and, again, giving everyone a voice. I don't think it's something she consciously strives for. I don’t think it’s responsible to lump Amy Goodman in with Franken and Moore. Franken especially is obviously all about the celebrity; Moore, perhaps less so, but he certainly enjoys the limelight. I can’t say what those guys do in their personal lives to “better” things…maybe a lot, maybe nothing - probably somewhere in between. But Amy is constantly speaking out for the disenfranchised, and, more importantly, giving them a voice on a day-in, day-out basis. First, her celebrity is nowhere near the level of Moore or Franken. Preyy much everyone in teh general populus knows Moore because of his movies, and Franken isn’t far behind. Amy Goodman’s celebrity is confined to the activist/progressive movement - go out on the street and ask ten people about these three and you’ll be lucky if two people have heard of her. Further, her celebrity within “the movement” is due to her honest reporting and, again, giving everyone a voice. I don’t think it’s something she consciously strives for.

]]> by: Morgan Jones http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-642 Sun, 31 Jul 2005 17:22:21 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2005/05/12/feeding-the-corporate-beast-notes-from-the-underground/#comment-642 Is there such a thing as independent or alternative media? There is only the time before the work is marketed, and afterward. Who really turns a corporate contract down? This is just more teenage "I liked that band before they sold out" angst. "Now the popular kids at CNN are reading Hairstyles too." Is there such a thing as independent or alternative media? There is only the time before the work is marketed, and afterward. Who really turns a corporate contract down? This is just more teenage “I liked that band before they sold out” angst. “Now the popular kids at CNN are reading Hairstyles too.”

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