A while ago, as I was sitting in a networking class (IT, not people-type), the professor said something about media that struck me as unintentionally profound. We were going over the physical apparatuses (apparati?) that carry the data over a network. The professor made the point that in discussing “media” in the context of the class we’re speaking of the physical medium through which the data moves. That is, cables, wires, or radio signals.
She said, “Without media there is no communication.”
Now I cannot properly express the dismay that statement left me with. It also seemed somewhat prescient. What do we talk about without media? Is it possible to have a conversation or discussion without using current events as a springboard? Is it possible to speak, write, or even think without the context provided by ‘media’?
We know that journalism is dead. We know this because the shills working for corporate media conglomerates make no effort to hide their bias. They make no effort to hide the fact that they have an agenda, a goal toward which all of their ‘reporting’ is meant to direct us. We know that ‘journalists’ who make a living spouting nonsense (whether in written or verbal form) are in the business of directing the conversation. Their corporate overlords demand it.
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