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October 7, 2007

commetnary: Dear Arthur Sulzberger jr NYTIMES - food for thought

Filed under: Myanmar, commentary, communications, freedom, journalism, propaganda, revolution, war — geo geller @ 1:12 am

Dear Arthur Sulzberger jr it’s good to see you on facebook  not because it is facebook but because you need to hear not  from the choir nor your consultants who tell you what they  think you want to hear but from we the people who make up  this social-sculpture that we share called life - yesterdays  science fiction is todays science - and i write this so  maybe you can suspend your mind for moment and understand  that we are in a conversation revolution an experience  revolution and not an information revolution, its not about  consuming information but about a conversation and  experiencing our shared humanity - the future of the news as  we know it in five, ten years will be driven as it always  has been by “we the people” not by the gate keepers of  yesterday - and its a wake up call if you listen carefully  you can hear the future saying - we don’t trust all that’s  fit to print - we the people have a voice and vehicle that  in all its fragmentation is our voice - and that voice is a  social movment that someday in the near future our leaders  will order us go to some war, because that is what they do -  we the people don’t go to war its our leaders who know the  power of fear and the fear of power - its their and now it appears your job to  trade in fear & war - like in burma it only needs a one  person to stand up and say hell no - and nobody will show up - today its blogs tomorrow its facebook and after that who  knows but one thing is certain the NY Times is believing in  its own propaganda if you don’t start to listen to “we the  people” their is lack in confidence and trust in media,  government and business and that is where the trouble lies  because it is not seen as an independent lens as Thomas  Jefferson said “he would rather see a strong free press then  a strong government” the press/media is seen by many as the  mistress of business (the king) and government (the queen)  and the world is changing and more and more people are  thinking for themselves and not believing in the propaganda  makers version of the story - food for thought - geo

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