Tory take over of social media?
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kyser_soze
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Will be interesting to see how this model works, and whether or not it can become self sustaining...especially if it can be done on the cheap...can you imagine UrbanTV going up against something like this...
BTW, will be calling ya re: beers on the next couple of weeks...new house move and stuff draining the funds at present...
BTW, will be calling ya re: beers on the next couple of weeks...new house move and stuff draining the funds at present...
Kid_Eternity
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kyser_soze said:
Yep, Urban TV was exactly my thinking back when the radio station first started. I figured this type of thing would happen (the right taking the initiative)...
No probs, give me a ring when ya ready.
Kid_Eternity
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Oh dear, they've got an advert for it: http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2006/09/18doughtystreet-talk-tv-channel.html
Fullyplumped
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How is this in any way a take-over? All it is is really posh blogging, 90% of which will only be of interest to the "converted"? The door is open to anyone on the left who can finance it to do the same and I would imagine the audience will be greater.
And the term "social media" is far too Nathan Barley for my liking, unless you mean it's going to be directed at people on the social.
And the term "social media" is far too Nathan Barley for my liking, unless you mean it's going to be directed at people on the social.
Kid_Eternity
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Fullyplumped said:
Ok then, how about Citizen Journalism?
Fullyplumped
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Now that sounds like Charter 88 - showing my age!Kid_Eternity said:
Kid_Eternity
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Heh, I know Charter very well and I aint that old...
ska invita
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...weak link in the chain! - Lets be sure to "shape the content of the programmes" when the station starts up.
I like the idea of it, but not the politics. Have you ever seen Pat Robertson? The bloke is a , and I think we'll see people like him on the show, or even setting up on their own stations. Not that I think there is anything inherently wrong with that, it'll be merely so 'controversial' that people will actually laugh at it.
This thing is going to be big over here because we have had decades of 'safe' TV, indeed the BBC can't even question the government's decisions. The Hutton report should of lead to Hoon being forced to resign. Instead we saw a moralising of Blair, Hoon and Campbell as the establishment closes ranks to protect itself, its intelligence services and the oh so wonderful MoD.
UrbanTV... please, you can't even do a radio station
edit to add:
Lefty sponsored TV station - would you?
This thing is going to be big over here because we have had decades of 'safe' TV, indeed the BBC can't even question the government's decisions. The Hutton report should of lead to Hoon being forced to resign. Instead we saw a moralising of Blair, Hoon and Campbell as the establishment closes ranks to protect itself, its intelligence services and the oh so wonderful MoD.
UrbanTV... please, you can't even do a radio station
edit to add:
Lefty sponsored TV station - would you?
david dissadent
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Naked Urbanite TV may draw an audiance.
FridgeMagnet
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Controversial? This is the Tories we're talking about here - it'll be "controversial" only in the usual "ooh you can't say X these days because of the PC Police, but here we are saying it!" way.
Badger Kitten
oof
Well I got invited to be a reporter for it, and so have other lefty types, so no, it isn't just going to be a Tory thing...
'' 18 Doughty Street will be a channel that challenges the stale, status quo thinking that dominates so much of British political life.
It doesn’t set out to be left, right or centre, but to be anti-establishment. We want to involve people of all political parties and none.
In the next few weeks we’ll start streaming a few hours of programmes every weekday – all via the internet.
We’ll be employing about a dozen people to produce the programmes and to oversee the station’s editorial direction but at the heart of the channel’s output will be a network of more than fifty reporters and commentators – genuine citizen journalists.
I would love you to agree to be one of those fifty''
'' 18 Doughty Street will be a channel that challenges the stale, status quo thinking that dominates so much of British political life.
It doesn’t set out to be left, right or centre, but to be anti-establishment. We want to involve people of all political parties and none.
In the next few weeks we’ll start streaming a few hours of programmes every weekday – all via the internet.
We’ll be employing about a dozen people to produce the programmes and to oversee the station’s editorial direction but at the heart of the channel’s output will be a network of more than fifty reporters and commentators – genuine citizen journalists.
I would love you to agree to be one of those fifty''
Badger Kitten
oof
...if anyone fancies a go, PM me, don't see why citizen journalists of all political persuasions shouldn't apply.
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Meltingpot
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18 Doughty Street is the address of the Spectator.
I'm not against it in principle, but in practice what it's going to mean is a further bifurcation in terms of the type of information we get to make our decisions on. We already have print media which is biased in its political outlook; if we also have politically biased television, as they have in the US, it will mean that only radio will be free of bias in news content and presentation, and how long will that last?
I believe that news content and presentation should be above politics.
I'm not against it in principle, but in practice what it's going to mean is a further bifurcation in terms of the type of information we get to make our decisions on. We already have print media which is biased in its political outlook; if we also have politically biased television, as they have in the US, it will mean that only radio will be free of bias in news content and presentation, and how long will that last?
I believe that news content and presentation should be above politics.
Kid_Eternity
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Badger Kitten said:
I gues we'll see...whether it truly is going to have a broad range of topics/angles/guests/presenters or whether "lefty" guests will be used as a fig leaf of credibility for a Tory agenda...
Piers Gibbon
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ah this is interesting about Doughty St...I am about to start a new radio show on Resonance FM which I guess is part of this "new" meejah revolution
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178964
http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=178964
Kid_Eternity
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It get's better, now Cameron has a blog that doubles up as a MySpace variant (ie another social networking site): http://www.webcameron.org.uk
Kid_Eternity
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It goes live tonight in case anyone is still interested. I wont be watching because, er, I don't have net access at home at the mo but will be viewing the archive tomorrow at work. Hopefully it wont be as cringe worthy as that awful trailer...
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