tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post875436142704219025..comments2024-03-29T11:36:07.432+05:30Comments on Alternative Perspective: From "Mass Media" to "Mass Reality"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-40774677970060216172007-08-08T20:35:00.000+05:302007-08-08T20:35:00.000+05:30you are right, Prof,from whatever little I have re...you are right, Prof,<BR/>from whatever little I have read of Glenn Davis Stone, he is certainly more nuanced and thorough.<BR/><BR/>Sainath's contribution, as a jounalist, has been to inform a wider segment, and mobilise action and policies... which Glenn Davis' work would not be able to domadhukarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02721957971977767171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-20171990568349895962007-08-05T07:49:00.000+05:302007-08-05T07:49:00.000+05:30I admire Sainath and as the Magsaysay citation sai...I admire Sainath and as the Magsaysay citation said "the board of trustees recognizes his passionate commitment as a journalist to restore the rural poor to India's consciousness, moving the nation to action." But I have been wondering whether somebody like Glenn Davis Stone provides a more nuanced presentation of farmers' problems.gaddeswaruphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16509075029154476375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-40274931155366570472007-08-04T18:35:00.000+05:302007-08-04T18:35:00.000+05:30Thanks for the excellent selection of the quotes. ...Thanks for the excellent selection of the quotes. I particularly liked this one:<BR/>"that it is possible to have the world’s largest media and the world’s least informed public."readerswordshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05536082441634566406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5143201.post-8633347972051157942007-08-03T16:29:00.000+05:302007-08-03T16:29:00.000+05:30He has been covering the Vidharba suicides, especi...He has been covering the Vidharba suicides, especially the state-govt scheme to provide high yield cows to poor farmers:<BR/><BR/>http://www.hindu.com/2006/11/23/stories/2006112305660900.htm<BR/><BR/>And the quote on embedded journalism - quite true not just with the Vietnam war, but even the recent Iraq War!Santhoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05428784128947508558noreply@blogger.com