reading the african union korea article like squinting cos blurry but still legible so no complaints ..
i really would do more deep textual analysis of the news
so reading this, which, knocks me out every time nostr:npub17eruj45dp9vkuv3lm5q5fw8z7dd27hd2g0u7kkd4qt5emy85xees20kl63 does this
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Discussion
i dont care at all about celebrity profiles cos celebrity
i did care a lot about archetype narrative thru time & how people become corporations onto themselves like persona brands that affect how journalists then correspond to that
but even more cool is like.. just how journalists cover the news in different countries & what they omit & what they center & what they stress thru time
like how many people can name AU countries cos it is always just this monolith thing
like the single country of africa is how it is talked about
^=>
why.
like catastrophes & crimes & genocides matter way less when you cant even point to where exactly on a whole contingent
like whats the name of the airport
how long is the flight
what language
who
cares
rare earth minerals,
diamonds & elephant poaching
^=> that?
all that
is strategy
like in the same way anne helen petersen can make the case for how many times they tried to make armie hammer happen & why it didnt work
can longform slow form journalism prove beyond a doubt like make a very compelling actual cause for the same shit re: africa like africa the concept might as well be an archetype, be a personal brand, be a celebrity
doesnt matter what is unconscious, what is just cultural subconscious bias, what is deliberately conscious strategy on behalf of the editors or shareholders or whatever
illuminating it is enough
like the throwing sand on the invisible man to see the shape
^=> one of my fav things kentu has ever said re: math
obviously about anything
about cbdc, about haiti, about peru, about oil in the arctic
ok like elevator pitch got 30 seconds?
treating news articles like a repertoire from a film studio
~> movie reviews
like not blurbs in a newspaper
like sunday afternoon by the time i finish this article i wont need to see the movie & this article is richer than
anyway, i think that would be cool
id like journalism students to have those eyes at least when they are taking in news as they learn to write it
& i think there is a broader audience that would be so down for that shit
i think its critically necessary re: keeping up with the present day cultural literacy
like, they had newspapers in 1776