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Post by wilkyisdashiznit on May 22, 2018 18:02:11 GMT -8
Had to look. Not in my wheelhouse. Talk about irony. "Fighting for economic and social fairness for all Oregonians" ouroregon.org/about/Our Oregon is a political advocacy group and a registered 501(c)4 organization, or in other words a "Civic leagues, social welfare organizations and local associations of employees, created to promote community welfare for charitable, educational or recreational purposes." Their most recently available federal 990 form is from 2014, shows about $1.5 million in total revenue for year, and lists executive compensation at a mere $53K. Something tells me this isn't a huge financial step up for Danny. Their total payroll in 2014 was $404,000. But, then again, it is probably tough to be a Beaver Beat reporter when nobody will talk to you. The current executive director of "Our Oregon" is a Duck graduate and former Democratic Representative from Cornelius. |
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Post by kersting13 on May 22, 2018 18:54:53 GMT -8
Florida won. LSU won. The Oregonian won. The bloodsucking media in general won. Think about all of the articles and the clicks. There were lots of winners. Does that make it better? Sensationalist writing about an admitted sexual predator, and you do not think that the Oregoninan is going to print on it? I do not think that I have ever seen so many guys so upset that another guy did his job too well, but here we are. "We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie We love to cut you down to size We love dirty laundry"--Don Henley. Interestingly this EXACT same saga is playing out in Detroit, with Lions Fans, the Detroit Free Press, and Matt Patricia's 20 year old indictment and subsequent dropped sexual assault charges. The parallels in fan response is striking. Many saying why report it? what is the good? what is the value? all it does is stir up anger and resentment. The original accuser refused to comment on the story and wanted to be left alone, so what is to be gained here? Those types of questions. I think it is reasonable to be critical of the role of news media today. Are they obligated to report ANY news? because lord know they do not do that. They routinely ignore stories of social interest if it is not juicy enough to sell. Should they consider larger society impact to their reporting? Should they weight outcomes and consequences both good and bad? Or should a paper just be viewed as a business and they are in the business of selling papers? so anything is fair game? Like it or not, it does bring up philosophical questions about the societal role of news. It's not a new question. News providers have always been able to feed the public the news they want to feed the public or attempt to hide the news they didn't want to get out. You can slant a news story one way or the other. I'm sure we can dig up many a newsman's quotes about controlling the news in order to influence public opinion. SaveSave |
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Post by atownbeaver on May 23, 2018 7:05:54 GMT -8
Interestingly this EXACT same saga is playing out in Detroit, with Lions Fans, the Detroit Free Press, and Matt Patricia's 20 year old indictment and subsequent dropped sexual assault charges. The parallels in fan response is striking. Many saying why report it? what is the good? what is the value? all it does is stir up anger and resentment. The original accuser refused to comment on the story and wanted to be left alone, so what is to be gained here? Those types of questions. I think it is reasonable to be critical of the role of news media today. Are they obligated to report ANY news? because lord know they do not do that. They routinely ignore stories of social interest if it is not juicy enough to sell. Should they consider larger society impact to their reporting? Should they weight outcomes and consequences both good and bad? Or should a paper just be viewed as a business and they are in the business of selling papers? so anything is fair game? Like it or not, it does bring up philosophical questions about the societal role of news. It's not a new question. News providers have always been able to feed the public the news they want to feed the public or attempt to hide the news they didn't want to get out. You can slant a news story one way or the other. I'm sure we can dig up many a newsman's quotes about controlling the news in order to influence public opinion. SaveSaveOh for sure, I guess i didn't mean to infer this is something new... more that questioning things is okay. But I do think social media and upped the ante for sure. I am not sure if anybody else here read Peter King's goodbye column from Sports Illustrated. He said a lot of thank yous and made some notes about his 30 year career there. He commented about how the internet and social media has changed the landscape of news so drastically and relayed something interesting. When Brett Farve very first went to rehab, King and Sports Illustrated sat on that news for 7 days before they published it in the print magazine. A full week. that is just such and incredible thought in today's day and age. |
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