Dan Rather is suing CBS, which shocks no one. He’s accusing the network of scapegoating him for the Killian document scandal. Aside from the issue of journalistic integrity- that is, not only believing what you are reporting is true, but personally confirming its accuracy – I am not interested in the suit in the slightest, at least not for the purpose of this post.
Originally I had scoured YouTube for footage of the Rather’s CBS report. Not surprisingly, it is nowhere to be found. What I did find in its stead is, I think, much more interesting:
Not only does Rather defend the very process of blogging that helped to end his career, he professes his hope for the future of even more hands-on investigative blogging. Rather blasts television for “entertainment posing as news,” but has found through his career that each advancing technology can not only supplement but improve the news reporting process. He urges, though, that internet journalism is “not a replacement” for traditional news media. In fact, even in their dissimilarity, internet journalism and traditional news media share the same fundamental values, those being “independence…[and] real integrity.” Internet journalism, Rather feels, will just enhance our understanding of the news in a more efficient way. But who’s to say something superior won't come along?
Brain implants, computer chips embedded in the eye?
I can see the irony in everything Rather says, especially when he talks about “real integrity,” but I think this clip really shows that even iconic figures of traditional media are really recognizing the power of “new media.” I suppose it’s just nice to see some people/mediums/corporations NOT resistant to change.
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The best minds in journalism realize the conflicts of interests in our interdependent system of institutions. Namely, commerce affecting media and politics in that the mission that journalism is founded upon is being drowned by the soft fluff that is migrating from the E channel. In politics, a recycling of the same promises from the same blue-bloods that have never had the courage or motivation for revolutionary policies, which are needed. But then again, it's a pretty great gig.
You MUST check out the real news. Google (The Real News), it is a new news network that is building towards a world wide launch of international media coverage, with respected correspondents from all over the world. What's more is that it is NOT funded by government, and there are no advertisements, which means that they have no rating system upon which their stories are based. i think we're all ready for some hardball.
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