Ireland would have been an easy win if someone with an understanding of the MSM had tried to sell it in the MSM. You can win the public debate even against stiff competiton and opposition - but only if you're media literate.
Wallstrom isn't. Or if she is, she's not paying attention to what Europe's corporate media machines are turning into.
Let's not underestimate this - the MSM literally has the power to cripple or kill Europe. This isn't about newspapers and TV, this is a nasty and brutal political fight for votes herded by rhetoric and canned right-wing talking points.
So far no one at EU HQ seems to have realised there's a problem. The content of Lisbon is secondary to the EU's complacency, and its institutionalised and wretched inability to understand how media politics is being played around it.
How can society be improved if people behave more and more as members of a libertarian utopia, not participating in any social body that would allow some democratic feedback from top to bottom and from bottom to top ?
Getting better MSM is only a temporary solution. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Getting a better MSM isn't a temporary solution, it's the first step to a more permanent one.
That's partly why the Internet could be good news on that front, too. Un roi sans divertissement est un homme plein de misères
Then again, the Commissioners are political positions, not technical. When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
Margot Wallström's Blog: The Silly Season already? (April 23, 2008)
Migeru Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. June 16th, 2008 at 1:48 pm Dear Margo, When are those providing the political face to the EU (and you in particular as Commissioner for Communication) going to realize that there is a vicious campaign of manipulation of public opinion against the EU waged through the press? It is most obvious in the UK, but you just saw the result of much the same process in Ireland. Until you understand the nature of the opposition you can't effectively fight the battle to communicate Europe to the citizens. It's not just about providing information - it's primarily about fighting and winning a battle over narratives and frames. And about knowing what the real obstacles are and who the enemy is. If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
Dear Margo,
When are those providing the political face to the EU (and you in particular as Commissioner for Communication) going to realize that there is a vicious campaign of manipulation of public opinion against the EU waged through the press? It is most obvious in the UK, but you just saw the result of much the same process in Ireland.
Until you understand the nature of the opposition you can't effectively fight the battle to communicate Europe to the citizens. It's not just about providing information - it's primarily about fighting and winning a battle over narratives and frames. And about knowing what the real obstacles are and who the enemy is.
If you know others and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know others but know yourself, you win one and lose one; if you do not know others and do not know yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle.
