1 Chii chiri kuedza kutaurirana?
Yedu Media, Kwete Yavo: Democracy Kurwira Kupokana NeCorporate Media iri pamusoro pedambudziko rezvinobudisa nhau muUnited States uye kufamba kuri kukura kwekugadzirisa hurongwa hwezvinobudisa nhau. Ini naJohn Nichols tinopa mhosva yekuti hurongwa hwenhau imhaka yemitemo yeruzhinji, hurongwa hunoburitsa mhedzisiro yakaipa kune democracy, uye saka zvakakosha kuti veruzhinji varonge kushandura marongero anoburitsa hurongwa hwenhau. Isu tinopokana kuti shanduko yezvenhau chikamu uye chikamu chemubatanidzwa wedemocracy inopokana neoliberalism, uye, pakupedzisira, inozobudirira chete sechikamu chemafambiro iwayo. Chimwe chezvitsauko zvitatu chinoratidza kuti kukurumidza kuratidzira kwenhau kwakabuda sei pasi rose sechikamu chebato rezvematongerwo enyika rinopesana neoliberal. Isu tinokakavara kuti zvinogona uye zvinofanirwa kuitika kuUnited States zvakare.
(2) Unogona kuudza ZNet chimwe chinhu nezvekunyora bhuku? Izvo zvirimo zvinobva kupi? Chii chakapinda mukugadzira bhuku zvariri?
Ini naJohn takanyora bhuku iri pamwe chete, uye raive ongororo yebhuku redu re2000 Ndiyo Media, Benzi! Apo bhuku iroro rakatengesa mubudisi (Greg Ruggiero pamuchina wokudhinda weSeven Stories) akatibvunza kana taifarira kuridzokorora. Mushure mekunge timbozeya zvishoma John neni takaona kuti zvakawanda zvakaitika mumakore maviri apfuura zvekuti kudzokorora kushoma kwaisazokwana. Saka isu takazopedzisira tanyanya kunyora bhuku idzva remhando, uye iro rakati rebei. Zvakawanda zvekupokana kwebhuku zvakabva muchikamu chakareba chekugadzirisa midhiya iyo John neni takanyora iyo yakadhindwa mukati The Nation muna Ndira 2002. Ini naJohn tiri shamwari dzepamwoyo saka tinoda kunyora mabhuku pamwe chete nekuti zvinotipa mukana wekumbotandara tese. Ndakaunganidza zvakawanda kubva mudzidziso yangu nemamwe mapurojekiti ekutsvagisa zvataigona kutora pazviri. John akaita mabvunzurudzo emamiriyoni emunzvimbo yake semunyori wezvematongerwo enyika The Nation. Taiva nezvakawanda zvekushanda nazvo.
(3) Tariro dzako ndedzipi Media Yedu Kwete Yavo? Chii chaunotarisira kuti chichabatsira kana kubudirira, mune zvematongerwo enyika? Nekuda kwekuedza uye zvishuviro zvaunazvo zvebhuku, chii chauchaona sekubudirira? Chii chingakusiya uchifara pamusoro pebasa rose? Chii chingakusiya uchinetseka kana kwakakodzera nguva yose nenhamburiko?
Tarisiro yedu ndeyekuti bhuku richabatsira mubato rekuvandudza nhau, uye zvematongerwo enyika zvinofambira mberi. Ichatendesa vanofambira mberi nezvekukosha kwenyaya uye ichaita kuti vezvenhau vafunge zvakakura nezvechirongwa chavo chezvematongerwo enyika. Bhuku rakanyorerwa vanhu vane mukurumbira.
Ndinotoona bhuku racho serakabudirira; kungoinyora kwakandimanikidza kufunga nezvenyaya iyi zvakanyanya uye inondibatsira mukunyora kwangu, kudzidzisa uye basa rezvematongerwo enyika zuva nezuva. Iri bhuku richava budiriro huru kana richigona kubatsira kusvetuka kutanga media activism muUnited States. Kuti izvozvo zviitike, tine sumo naRalph Nader, Barbara Ehrenreich uye inoshamisa zvikuru kubva kunaNoam Chomsky.
Robert W. McChesney
Murume Wako muUrbana
Institute of Communications Research
University of Illinois kuUrbana-Champaign
www.robertmcchesney.com
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