Public Meatier

Public Media. The Media of the Public. The Yin to last week's Yang. The People Vs The Big Man. David Vs Goliath.

"The difference between commercial broadcasting and public broadcasting is the difference between consumers and citizens."


Well, there you have it. What more is there to tell? Well if you're looking for an answer to a question - nothing. If you're wanting to bore a bunch a students - a lot more, apparently. If you're looking for a definition of tautology, take a look at these lecture slides. Not that I think there is anything wrong with tautology, quite the opposite. Without it, everything would be the same. Writing would be so monotonous. Texts would be so repetitive. Nothing would be said, just the same sentence, over and over again. At least the point is made clear, don't you agree?

I rely on tautology in my writing to fill in mind blanks that occur where I get off topic and begin on a slowing moving and cumbersome tangential topic that you can see kind of relates but you find it so tiresome to read you just want me to get back to the main point, and stop repeating myself.
Can you see where I'm coming from? These cyclical lectures are driving me around the twist, and when I say cyclical I don't mean repeating the story once. I'm talking multiple times. Multiple different iterations of the same stuff. Some say that's good writing, I say bollocks.

Now I don't even know what I'm talking about, but I do find it more fun to write. Do you really care what I write here, or is it free for all? After having a holiday to think about it, I'm finding it more and more difficult to grasp the concept of blogging. Even Blogger's dictionary doesn't recognise the word blog, or blogging, or Blogger. Why do you want my thoughts on this lecture? Do you want me to prove I have been/seen/heard/read it? Are you making sure the material you provide for the course is thought-provoking? Can you not be content with the knowledge that I've taken in the information, without having to regurgitate the notes? I saw a girl in the lecture today, writing her Blog as Bruce was talking. I asked her (in my head) what was the point? I managed to get a sneak peak of what she was writing, and sure enough she was giving a summary of events that my 7 year old cousin could do (only perhaps more imaginative). I thought perhaps that's what was expected, but that's just no fun. Pointless tangents are fun. In digression lies living.

So what now? Do I give my opinion on the lecture? Do I recount the facts? Do I forgo those obvious choices, and write my own blithering, dribbling, quibbling thoughts that I can't help but write in this ever time consuming medium that is supposed to help me be a journalist? You may have noticed that I don't know. I would inform you then, that I have no opinion on the points made in the lectures. Every now and then I'll disagree with something, but I believe that if you don't have anything negative to say - don't say it at all.