Comments on: “Ostrich” Media, Blogs, Politicians… & World Food Crisis http://themoderatevoice.com/19021/ostrich-media-blogs-politicians-world-food-crisis/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:35:55 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kiran http://themoderatevoice.com/19021/ostrich-media-blogs-politicians-world-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-142931 Kiran Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:45:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/science/environment/environmental-issues/19021/ostrich-media-blogs-politicians-world-food-crisis/#comment-142931 The issue of food shortage is only a symptom of a broader phenomenon.. The focus on lifestyles is an important aspect . Todays lifestyles focus on using energy,in fact development is measured by the energy consumption per capita. Maybe we will have to be more frugal and think of development as energy conserved per capita.We have to grow up and realise that development should be measured by a sustainable happiness quotient(more work for journalists:-) The issue of food shortage is only a symptom of a broader phenomenon.. The focus on lifestyles is an important aspect . Todays lifestyles focus on using energy,in fact development is measured by the energy consumption per capita. Maybe we will have to be more frugal and think of development as energy conserved per capita.We have to grow up and realise that development should be measured by a sustainable happiness quotient(more work for journalists:-)

]]> By: archangel http://themoderatevoice.com/19021/ostrich-media-blogs-politicians-world-food-crisis/comment-page-1/#comment-142930 archangel Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:10:12 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/science/environment/environmental-issues/19021/ostrich-media-blogs-politicians-world-food-crisis/#comment-142930 agreed swaraaj, thank you for stating it. I think the cooking oil overnight price raise by the dictator Than Schwe in Burma, though I and others here repeated the cause of the uprising over and over, was just ignored completly. Also, the decimation of corn, 'the mother food' of those in central and south america (via developments of bio fuels, taking the food literally out of the mouths of the people,) which Ive also written about, same: ignored by sustained news cycling organs. <br><br>We have brother and sisterships with MSM that seem to me to be under-nourished, but ought be nourished heartily. I, for one, would like to try. <br><br>I think a journalist's reach and sustainedness of their stories is the heart of it...and who is more free to sustain a story than a blogger who has no advertisers to muffle them and no over-zealous 'inch' space limitation to bow under, and who can blog about one or ten subjects repetitively and ad infinitum if they so wish...<br><br>reach. reach is still an issue. Let us keep thinking... and writing about this<br><br>dr.e<br><br><br>My sense is we need more liasons with the good people in MSM to help they who have farther reach than the majority of bloggers, to enjoin bloggers and msm with one another to not only see these issues but to report good potential solutions; to show what is working, otherwise, the despondency will be upon the people in addition to the burdens. <br><br>dr.e agreed swaraaj, thank you for stating it. I think the cooking oil overnight price raise by the dictator Than Schwe in Burma, though I and others here repeated the cause of the uprising over and over, was just ignored completly. Also, the decimation of corn, 'the mother food' of those in central and south america (via developments of bio fuels, taking the food literally out of the mouths of the people,) which Ive also written about, same: ignored by sustained news cycling organs.

We have brother and sisterships with MSM that seem to me to be under-nourished, but ought be nourished heartily. I, for one, would like to try.

I think a journalist's reach and sustainedness of their stories is the heart of it…and who is more free to sustain a story than a blogger who has no advertisers to muffle them and no over-zealous 'inch' space limitation to bow under, and who can blog about one or ten subjects repetitively and ad infinitum if they so wish…

reach. reach is still an issue. Let us keep thinking… and writing about this

dr.e

My sense is we need more liasons with the good people in MSM to help they who have farther reach than the majority of bloggers, to enjoin bloggers and msm with one another to not only see these issues but to report good potential solutions; to show what is working, otherwise, the despondency will be upon the people in addition to the burdens.

dr.e

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