Comments on: Podcast: S. Korea workers’ 77-day factory occupation broken by violent police assault http://www.mediahacker.org/2009/08/podcast-ssangyong-workers-occupation/ Independent multimedia reporting from Haiti since 2009 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:58:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ansel http://www.mediahacker.org/2009/08/podcast-ssangyong-workers-occupation/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Ansel Thu, 13 Aug 2009 02:06:23 +0000 http://www.mediahacker.org/?p=1245#comment-919 Good points all, and I don't mean to pick on Democracy Now! - though I don't think it's too much to expect that over the course of a 77-day workers occupation they could give the story at least a single headline, particularly as the police attack escalated. Good points all, and I don’t mean to pick on Democracy Now! – though I don’t think it’s too much to expect that over the course of a 77-day workers occupation they could give the story at least a single headline, particularly as the police attack escalated.

]]> By: David Morris http://www.mediahacker.org/2009/08/podcast-ssangyong-workers-occupation/comment-page-1/#comment-883 David Morris Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:28:02 +0000 http://www.mediahacker.org/?p=1245#comment-883 Fox News can afford to make conscious choices about what to cover much more often than Democracy Now, which, I’d imagine, sometimes just can’t manage to cover what it should. Mostly, it takes capable people and lots of time to do research. Just as often, I’d think, DN misses important stories because they don’t really come to their attention enough, which is a result of lack of activism on particular issues in this country. If U.S. labor unions or other activist groups had been actively supporting the Korean workers, for example, they might have put out press releases and maybe held demonstrations at Korean consulates and embassies, which would have attracted the attention of Democracy Now and other media. They didn’t choose to cover Bill Clinton’s heroics so much because they thought it was important as because it was already being covered and was easily within reach. It may not be ideal journalism, but sometimes you take what you can get. Fox News can afford to make conscious choices about what to cover much more often than Democracy Now, which, I’d imagine, sometimes just can’t manage to cover what it should. Mostly, it takes capable people and lots of time to do research. Just as often, I’d think, DN misses important stories because they don’t really come to their attention enough, which is a result of lack of activism on particular issues in this country. If U.S. labor unions or other activist groups had been actively supporting the Korean workers, for example, they might have put out press releases and maybe held demonstrations at Korean consulates and embassies, which would have attracted the attention of Democracy Now and other media. They didn’t choose to cover Bill Clinton’s heroics so much because they thought it was important as because it was already being covered and was easily within reach. It may not be ideal journalism, but sometimes you take what you can get.

]]> By: Ansel http://www.mediahacker.org/2009/08/podcast-ssangyong-workers-occupation/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Ansel Sun, 09 Aug 2009 19:22:49 +0000 http://www.mediahacker.org/?p=1245#comment-879 Honestly, it's to be expected that the corporate media would ignore this. I'm more disturbed by the utter lack of attention to the occupation by the alternative/independent media. Democracy Now had two headlines on the release of American journalists from N. Korea, which was covered everywhere else, but never even mentioned this story. One KPFK radio host, Suzie Weissman, interviewed Mr. Goldner but weirdly spent most of the time asking about the history of class warfare in S. Korea, not the Ssangyong occupation. To my knowledge that's the only other place this issue has been covered, besides anarcho-websites libcom and Infoshop News. Honestly, it’s to be expected that the corporate media would ignore this. I’m more disturbed by the utter lack of attention to the occupation by the alternative/independent media. Democracy Now had two headlines on the release of American journalists from N. Korea, which was covered everywhere else, but never even mentioned this story.

One KPFK radio host, Suzie Weissman, interviewed Mr. Goldner but weirdly spent most of the time asking about the history of class warfare in S. Korea, not the Ssangyong occupation. To my knowledge that’s the only other place this issue has been covered, besides anarcho-websites libcom and Infoshop News.

]]> By: David Morris http://www.mediahacker.org/2009/08/podcast-ssangyong-workers-occupation/comment-page-1/#comment-877 David Morris Sun, 09 Aug 2009 17:48:50 +0000 http://www.mediahacker.org/?p=1245#comment-877 This should of course have been on the evening news everywhere. Good interview. Thanks. This should of course have been on the evening news everywhere. Good interview. Thanks.

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