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suna_suna
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when i first saw the headline, i was worried that it would be bad. but the guy is very positive about death note. cool
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ohstalon06
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I personally expected nothing but good things to be said about it. NPR is more trustworthy with articles like this rather than the slap-dash techniques used by mainstream media.
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DarkHunter6523
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God forbid, a professional looking onto pop-culture without xenophobic eyes of malice...
Maybe if there were a few more people like John Powers, then anime would finally be rid of the "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" stigma. |
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samuelp
Industry Insider
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<snarkiness> Great... Next we'll get to hear the praises of Lucky Star on Democracy Now. Maybe Tavis Smiley can interview Sevakis?
</snark> Anyway, I'd be happier if Fresh Air were considered part of the mainstream media... Well, it's a start I suppose. |
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britannicamoore
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I think Travis Smiley interviewing Sevakis would make my life have more meaning. LOL.
Good to hear. I use to listen to a few npr stations, but I haven't lately. |
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daxomni
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It's too bad that funding for both PBS and NPR is under renewed attack by the current administration. Equally disappointing is that nobody seems to notice or care.
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melonbread
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I hate the way that any anime that becomes slightly mainstream gets a comparison to a random non-anime franchise. Light isn't like Neo or Harry Potter at all... Nor is the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya like "Hannah Montana meets Heroes"...
Seriously, can't American audiences just pick something up without it having all these references to it? |
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jsevakis
Former ANN Editor in Chief
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I would love to be interviewed by NPR!
Actually, public radio isn't really in much danger. More of their funding already comes from private funds and businesses these days, and that trend will probably continue as their popularity rises. (In most cities they are now about as popular as a light music station, though it's hard to tell because most don't subscribe to Arbitron so they don't get ratings.) PBS, OTOH, seems to have outlived its purpose (as BBC America, Animal Planet, Discovery, Travel, Nickelodeon, Disney, Bravo and A&E together all do a much better job of serving the same audience). Its future is somewhat in doubt. It's also much harder to do TV (especially HD) on a low budget. Last edited by jsevakis on Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:06 am; edited 1 time in total |
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ohstalon06
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Such is what happens when you have to give background to those who normally wouldn't watch anime. I personally see no problem with that considering I prefer this to a show like Lost. |
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OnanRulz
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Sounds like someone didn't listen to the article. He doesn't compare the characters, he draws out the archetype. It's a common, cross-cultural phenomenon for a story to have a young hero with special powers who changes the world for good. John Powers wanted to stress that the twist of Light's moral choices makes him an antihero. |
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daxomni
Posts: 2650 Location: Somewhere else. |
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At which point it ceases to be "public" radio striving to represent the "public" interest.
Just as the level of their investigative journalism has continued to drop.
So people who can't afford cable should give up their only alternative television channel? Even if you were willing to pay their cable bill (yeah right) they'd still lose out on investigative shows like Frontline and Now. But then again, we all love to digest the same exact story regurgitated by every media outlet in the country, so why worry about alternative viewpoints?
The fact that their budget is being repeatedly slashed so that the top 1% can get another tax cut was precisely my point. |
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57odd75
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Agreed. |
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Goodpenguin
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daxomni wrote:
Not to take things too off-topic from anime, but cable TV is not a service out of reach of many Americans, to put mildly. As someone who covers politics and media for a living, neither PBS or NPR represent the news choice of most Americans, and certainly not the working classes your alluding to. Both outlets find small, core audiences dominated by upper-middle class demographics, whose political tastes run heavily liberal/hard left. In a modern media world which presents a galaxy of political choices to viewers, public funding for media entities who no longer fill a void (and often feature niche ideologically driven coverage) doesn't make much sense. Frankly, not being exposed to Bill Moyers would be a bigger public service then the channel itself. |
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Dargonxtc
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I think I would have used a stronger word than misguided.
  
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daxomni
Posts: 2650 Location: Somewhere else. |
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It's a luxury, pure and simple. I know plenty of people who still don't have cable, including in my extended family, some of whom are teachers and former teachers who have very little discretionary income they can afford to put towards something like a cable subscription. The teachers I know who are still working are trying desperately to save enough to live through their future retirement and those who have already retired are still working full time jobs just to make ends meet.
I never suggested most Americans get their news from either PBS or NPR. I merely said that PBS and NPR represent the last remnants of alternative reporting left in this overly homogenized trash-news sound-bite market where our media work around the clock to focus our attention on how well our presidential candidates bowl or how short their skirts are instead of how well their polices are likely to work and how they will affect us and those we care about.
Anyone who wishes to make the case that most of today’s PBS or NPR content runs "heavily liberal" or "hard left" would be wise to provide examples of such a hard and heavy slant.
Sorry but I simply couldn't disagree more. All we have now are "crossfire" reporters (toothless referees) who merely give two opposing sides a chance to lie to us and each other. In our modern domestic media world there is no effort to get to the bottom of any story. A (neo-) conservative and a (so-called) liberal are paired up in a dual reminiscent of a coliseum battle. Nothing is learned, nothing is gained. It’s nothing but childish entertainment masquerading as legitimate news.
If niche ideologically driven coverage doesn’t make much sense then how has Rupert Murdoch been able to build a world-wide network of hard-line partisan news outlets?
I’m sorry, but I don’t quite follow what it is that Bill Moyers has done to you or the country? Last edited by daxomni on Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:09 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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