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What's the responsibility of the media? | 91 comments (91 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

I think what I mean by "low impact" is that it doesn't seem to me like indymedia stories are often carried by other sources. But maybe I'm not looking at the right sources.

The brainless should not be in banking. — Willem Buitler

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri May 29th, 2009 at 02:07:46 AM EST
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That's still not very clear. Does Pepsi often deliver Coke to its customers? If you assume that the MSM competes with IM, then why should e.g. an MSM outlet carry IM information?

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by martingale on Fri May 29th, 2009 at 04:21:39 AM EST
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Because the M$M outlets plagiarise their "competitors" endlessly and unashamedly?

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Fri May 29th, 2009 at 06:54:03 PM EST
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