21-10-11

• "Page One - Inside the NY Times"

The movie screened for the Jour1111 cohort was incredible as it was practically a nice little summary of agenda setting, web 2.0 and many other key elements of the course.
David Carr is a brilliant character. The movie ventured deep in to the production of the New York Times and gave great insight in to how the operation of such a prominent newspaper functions.
The issue of the decline of print media was raised in the course and in the movie and although the New York Times is expected to be able to cope, perhaps it is inevitable that all good things must come to an end.

• Gaddafi.

I woke up this morning to check the Brisbane Times to find the headline 'Mummar Gaddafi Dead'. Already on Facebook I have seen posts from errr..'friends' with statements as grotesque as "Gaddafi killed clutching golden gun in a sewerage pipe.. Nationalist **** got what he deserved."

First I will point out Gaddafi was not killed in a sewerage pipe. He was found hiding in a sewerage pipe and "succumbed to his wounds while being transported to the rebel stronghold city of Misrata" (Brisbane Times).
It annoys me that we can openly spread out joy that someone has been killed. The same thing with Osama. I don't care what anyone has done, the fact that people can celebrate the death of a person, completely blind to the implications that their death will have, to me equates to a horrible kind of ignorance. Full Story of Gaddafi's Demise

An anti-Gaddafi fighter points at the drain where Muammar Gaddafi was hiding before he was captured in Sirt. Photo: Reuters (source)