Comments on: Making money out of tragedy http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/ Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:18:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Juanita Audit-Tcake http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-14 Juanita Audit-Tcake Fri, 05 Aug 2005 10:32:29 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-14 I think that may be clever, I'll just have to read it a few more times. I think that may be clever, I’ll just have to read it a few more times.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-13 Vicki Thu, 04 Aug 2005 12:05:34 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-13 Oh speaking of Corby... here's a nice quote from the June 16 – July 13 issue of <acronym title="Business Review Weekly">BRW</acronym>, in the Slithershanks (by David James) column: <strong>Indonesia</strong>: [Other related stuff snipped] Indonesia has a legal system in which injustices happen, as opposed to Australia, which has an injustice system in which legalisms happen. Oh speaking of Corby… here’s a nice quote from the June 16 – July 13 issue of BRW, in the Slithershanks (by David James) column:

Indonesia: [Other related stuff snipped] Indonesia has a legal system in which injustices happen, as opposed to Australia, which has an injustice system in which legalisms happen.

]]> By: Vicki http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-12 Vicki Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:14:09 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-12 Ta... and ditto. :-) Ta… and ditto. :-)

]]> By: Juanita Audit-Tcake http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-11 Juanita Audit-Tcake Wed, 03 Aug 2005 21:15:36 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-11 I'll be using my LJ as a travelogue. I'm off to Europe for a year in a few weeks time, what better way of keeping friends and family up to date? One LJ post fits all. Speaking of media, how about the Corby nonsense? I blogged that too and gave the media what for. .btw.. it's good to see you doin' ok :-) I’ll be using my LJ as a travelogue. I’m off to Europe for a year in a few weeks time, what better way of keeping friends and family up to date?
One LJ post fits all.
Speaking of media, how about the Corby nonsense? I blogged that too and gave the media what for.
.btw.. it’s good to see you doin’ ok :-)

]]> By: Vicki http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-10 Vicki Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:01:31 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-10 I'm sure you're thinking of someone else. :-) Actually - I don't remember deriding blogs. It's just that they didn't interest me for a while. Now I think they *can* be good for many reasons. And these days as blogging has become pretty much an industry, the reasons can be very diverse. But yeah, regardless of how much (or little) we like or trust the media, I still think it weird that the people I spoke to reacted with disdain at this woman accepting money to tell her story about the bombings... that *instinctive* "ooh how could she?" that then gets quelled by the "why shouldn't she?" I’m sure you’re thinking of someone else. :-)

Actually - I don’t remember deriding blogs. It’s just that they didn’t interest me for a while. Now I think they *can* be good for many reasons.

And these days as blogging has become pretty much an industry, the reasons can be very diverse.

But yeah, regardless of how much (or little) we like or trust the media, I still think it weird that the people I spoke to reacted with disdain at this woman accepting money to tell her story about the bombings… that *instinctive* “ooh how could she?” that then gets quelled by the “why shouldn’t she?”

]]> By: Juanita Audit Tea-Cake http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-9 Juanita Audit Tea-Cake Wed, 03 Aug 2005 11:46:55 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-9 “OK, it’s true many us don’t have a lot of respect for the integrity of much of today’s media reporting. Nevertheless, we don’t react to the general media with the same abhorrence with which we respond to an individual selling the story of his or her own experiences where others have suffered.� I react with abhorrence to the media almost every day. An individual succumbing to making a few paltry dollars is nothing. The media are “supposed� to be guided by a code of ethics; they are “supposed� to be professional and impartial and fair. Those same media people knock on individual’s doors waving contracts and dollar bills and cogent arguments as to why the individual should feel ok about selling their story. I don’t see anything ethical about the commercial media, they are pariah dogs of the very lowest order. And as for blogs, I do recall a certain person deriding blogs some time ago..dare one say one told one so .. and add a nerr nerr or two ? “OK, it’s true many us don’t have a lot of respect for the integrity of much of today’s media reporting. Nevertheless, we don’t react to the general media with the same abhorrence with which we respond to an individual selling the story of his or her own experiences where others have suffered.�

I react with abhorrence to the media almost every day. An individual succumbing to making a few paltry dollars is nothing. The media are “supposed� to be guided by a code of ethics; they are “supposed� to be professional and impartial and fair.

Those same media people knock on individual’s doors waving contracts and dollar bills and cogent arguments as to why the individual should feel ok about selling their story. I don’t see anything ethical about the commercial media, they are pariah dogs of the very lowest order.

And as for blogs, I do recall a certain person deriding blogs some time ago..dare one say one told one so .. and add a nerr nerr or two ?

]]> By: Vicki http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-5 Vicki Sat, 23 Jul 2005 02:28:30 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-5 There's that too, Howie. But when I gave it a second thought, it didn't matter to me what her motives were for talking to the media for money about a tragic event. That's not for me to judge. It could have been opportunism — or it could have been the fact that her husband died earlier this year and she's in the middle of a battle with his mother over his life insurance, and that she just wants to provide for her daughter. Who knows? I don't care. It's her business. As I said, what I found interesting was how ingrained it is in us to judge individuals for doing something a group of professionals (in this case, mass-media journalists, photographers and the companies that employ them) do every day. I still can't quite work out why it's ok for them but our reaction to an individual is to scream "Traitor! Opportunism!" There’s that too, Howie. But when I gave it a second thought, it didn’t matter to me what her motives were for talking to the media for money about a tragic event. That’s not for me to judge. It could have been opportunism — or it could have been the fact that her husband died earlier this year and she’s in the middle of a battle with his mother over his life insurance, and that she just wants to provide for her daughter. Who knows? I don’t care. It’s her business.

As I said, what I found interesting was how ingrained it is in us to judge individuals for doing something a group of professionals (in this case, mass-media journalists, photographers and the companies that employ them) do every day. I still can’t quite work out why it’s ok for them but our reaction to an individual is to scream “Traitor! Opportunism!”

]]> By: howard http://www.unheardword.com/archives/2005/07/19/making-money-out-of-tragedy/#comment-4 howard Fri, 22 Jul 2005 03:43:05 +0000 http://www.unheardword.com/?p=22#comment-4 Yes, I see your point. It just it has the appearance of being a mercenary act. Opportunism - akin to grave robbing. But! Would we not turn a dollar if it was there to be made? We all find it far too easy to justify what we do and criticise someone else. What is done, is done and being paid or not being paid for an interview with a commercial media company is really neither here nor there. If you could take a dollar out of the pocket of Murdoch for instance, I see no reason why you shouldn't go for it. Power to the people! Howie. Yes, I see your point. It just it has the appearance of being a mercenary act. Opportunism - akin to grave robbing.

But!
Would we not turn a dollar if it was there to be made? We all find it far too easy to justify what we do and criticise someone else. What is done, is done and being paid or not being paid for an interview with a commercial media company is really neither here nor there. If you could take a dollar out of the pocket of Murdoch for instance, I see no reason why you shouldn’t go for it.

Power to the people!

Howie.

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