(1) Ngaba ungaxelela uZNet, nceda, ukuba yeyiphi incwadi yakho entsha, iMedia yethu ayiyoyabo? Yintoni ezama ukunxibelelana?
Imidiya yethu, hayi eyabo: uMzabalazo weDemokhrasi ngokuchasene neMedia eManyanisiweyo imalunga nengxaki yeendaba eUnited States kunye nentshukumo ekhulayo yokuhlaziya inkqubo yeendaba. UJohn Nichols kwaye ndenza imeko yokuba inkqubo yeendaba iyisiphumo semigaqo-nkqubo yoluntu ecacileyo, inkqubo ivelisa iziphumo ezibi kwidemokhrasi, kwaye ngoko ke kubalulekile ukuba uluntu luququzelele ukutshintsha imigaqo-nkqubo evelisa inkqubo yeendaba. Sixoxa ngelithi uhlaziyo lwamajelo eendaba yinxalenye yemibutho ebanzi yedemokhrasi echasene neniyoliberalism, kwaye, ekugqibeleni, iya kuphumelela kuphela njengenxalenye yaloo mibutho. Esinye sezahluko ezithathu sibonisa indlela ubutshantliziyo beendaba obuvele ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi jikelele njengenxalenye yombutho wezopolitiko ochasene ne-neoliberal. Sixoxa ukuba inokwenzeka kwaye kufuneka yenzeke nase-United States.
(2) Ngaba unokuyixelela iZNet okuthile malunga nokubhala incwadi? Uvela phi umxholo? Yintoni eyabangela ukuba le ncwadi ibe yintoni na?
Mna noJohn sabhala incwadi kunye, kwaye yayiluhlaziyo lwencwadi yethu engama-2000 NgamaMedia, Sidenge! Xa loo ncwadi yathengisayo umpapashi (uGreg Ruggiero kushicilelo lweSeven Stories) wasibuza enoba sasinomdla wokuyihlaziya kusini na. Emva kokuphonononga kancinci uJohn kwaye ndaqonda ukuba kuninzi okwenzekileyo kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo kangangokuba uhlaziyo olumbalwa alunakwanela. Ke sigqibe kwelokuba sibhale incwadi entsha kraca, kwaye enye inde kakhulu. Uninzi lweengxoxo zencwadi zivela kwisiqwenga eside sohlaziyo lwemithombo yeendaba ukuba mna noJohn sabhala sapapashwa kuyo Wesizwe ngoJanuwari 2002. Mna noJohn singabahlobo abasenyongweni ngoko sithanda ukubhala iincwadi kunye kuba kusinika ithuba lokuchitha ixesha kunye. Ndiqokelele imathiriyeli eninzi ekufundiseni kwam nakwezinye iiprojekthi zophando esinokutsalela kuzo. UJohn wenze udliwano-ndlebe lwezillion kwisikhundla sakhe njengombhali wezopolitiko Wesizwe. Ininzi into ekwakufuneka sisebenze nayo.
(3) Ayintoni amathemba akho Imidiya yethu ayiyoyabo? Yintoni onethemba lokuba iya kuba negalelo okanye ifezekise, kwezopolitiko? Xa ujonga umzamo kunye neminqweno onayo ngale ncwadi, yintoni onokuthi uyithathe njengeyimpumelelo? Yintoni eya kukushiya wonwabile ngalo lonke eli phulo? Yintoni enokukushiya uzibuza enoba oko bekufanelekile na ngalo lonke ixesha nomgudu?
Ithemba lethu lelokuba le ncwadi iya kuba negalelo kumbutho wohlaziyo lwemithombo yeendaba, nakwipolitiki enenkqubela phambili ngokubanzi. Iza kuqinisekisa abaqhubela phambili ngokubaluleka kwalo mbandela kwaye iya kuqinisekisa abaphembeleli beendaba ukuba bacinge ngokubanzi malunga neprojekthi yabo yezopolitiko. Incwadi ibhalelwe abafundi abadumileyo.
Sele ndiyigqala le ncwadi njengeyimpumelelo; ukuyibhala nje kwandinyanzela ukuba ndicinge ngalo mba kakhulu kwaye iyandinceda kumsebenzi wam wokubhala, wokufundisa kunye nowezopolitiko yonke imihla. Incwadi iya kuba yimpumelelo enkulu ukuba inokunceda ukutsiba ukuqalisa ubutshantliziyo beendaba eUnited States. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, sineentshayelelo zikaRalph Nader, uBarbara Ehrenreich kunye nemangalisayo evela kuNoam Chomsky.
URobert W. McChesney
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IYunivesithi yase-Illinois e-Urbana-Champaign
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