Comments on: Don’t Blame the Messenger http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/ What is seen and what is unseen. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brittany Dias http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-3132 Brittany Dias Wed, 22 Aug 2007 02:18:09 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/#comment-3132 The newspapers will never stop publishing about the stars and all of their drama because it sells newspapers. Yes, they should publish more on issues that matter, but people are nosey. People have an uncontrollable urge to be nosey and to talk about the famous people's lives. Even the people who are complaining about Paris being in the news are secretly wanting to know what is going to happen too. So as long as people continue being nosey, the longer the newspapers are going to publish these stories. The newspapers will never stop publishing about the stars and all of their drama because it sells newspapers. Yes, they should publish more on issues that matter, but people are nosey. People have an uncontrollable urge to be nosey and to talk about the famous people’s lives. Even the people who are complaining about Paris being in the news are secretly wanting to know what is going to happen too. So as long as people continue being nosey, the longer the newspapers are going to publish these stories.

]]> By: Audra Cook http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-2871 Audra Cook Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:01:45 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/#comment-2871 The entire issue of Paris Hilton had brought a lot of attention to what we hear about on the news and read about in magazines. People all over were shocked at the amount of attention 1 girl got because she was going to jail. Most were outraged and all the could talk about was how we shouldnt be talking about her... BUT they were still talking about her. I guess what I am trying to say is that all the publishers who wrote about how we should let the Paris thing go were still writing about her in the end. It just proves the point that producers supply what people want.. and often times they find indirect ways of doing it. The entire issue of Paris Hilton had brought a lot of attention to what we hear about on the news and read about in magazines. People all over were shocked at the amount of attention 1 girl got because she was going to jail. Most were outraged and all the could talk about was how we shouldnt be talking about her… BUT they were still talking about her.
I guess what I am trying to say is that all the publishers who wrote about how we should let the Paris thing go were still writing about her in the end. It just proves the point that producers supply what people want.. and often times they find indirect ways of doing it.

]]> By: Michelle Plaisance http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-2582 Michelle Plaisance Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:44:58 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/#comment-2582 I totally agree with all of you that suppliers produce what people want. Whether it be news about a movie star or orange soda. Suppliers will not risk losing money on a certain thing that only one person wants. They only produce things that will initiate a positive effect on society as a whole. Incentives are what makes society move forward because it motivates people to want to accomplish something. I totally agree with all of you that suppliers produce what people want. Whether it be news about a movie star or orange soda. Suppliers will not risk losing money on a certain thing that only one person wants. They only produce things that will initiate a positive effect on society as a whole. Incentives are what makes society move forward because it motivates people to want to accomplish something.

]]> By: Derrick Toups http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-2569 Derrick Toups Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:43:57 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/#comment-2569 I agree with you both that newspapers should cover what people want to hear. The hundreds of tabloids would not be around if we only wanted to hear about U.S. relations with the United Arab Emirates. While the editorial says that news media should focus less on Paris and more on issues like the G-8 summit in Germany, I believe that the NW is justified in saying that the media should focus on what "matters." Today's media is more concerned with Hollywood and P-Diddy's parties rather than global issues affecting our nation. Sure we want to know who won the Oscar, but who really wants to know their every single move? While I agree with the view of the NW, I also agree with Dr. Coats. Newspapers will lose support if they don't report about what people want to hear. Even though the Opera station will fail, the rock, rap, and pop stations will continue to thrive because they know what its listeners want. However, I also think the NW knows its readers. More Putin, less Paris. (Dr. Coats- It makes me sad the the opera stations fails. I love Glinka's "Life of the Tsar.) I agree with you both that newspapers should cover what people want to hear. The hundreds of tabloids would not be around if we only wanted to hear about U.S. relations with the United Arab Emirates. While the editorial says that news media should focus less on Paris and more on issues like the G-8 summit in Germany, I believe that the NW is justified in saying that the media should focus on what “matters.” Today’s media is more concerned with Hollywood and P-Diddy’s parties rather than global issues affecting our nation. Sure we want to know who won the Oscar, but who really wants to know their every single move?
While I agree with the view of the NW, I also agree with Dr. Coats. Newspapers will lose support if they don’t report about what people want to hear. Even though the Opera station will fail, the rock, rap, and pop stations will continue to thrive because they know what its listeners want. However, I also think the NW knows its readers. More Putin, less Paris.

(Dr. Coats- It makes me sad the the opera stations fails. I love Glinka’s “Life of the Tsar.)

]]> By: morris.coats http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/comment-page-1/#comment-2522 morris.coats Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:27:53 +0000 http://www.nicholls.edu/bastiatsbastions/2007/06/14/dont-blame-the-messenger/#comment-2522 Chad, Your point here reminds me of a couple of lines from an old John Prine song (never heard of Prine? he was a 70s singer/social critic) from his song "Sweet Revenge." The lines are: "so I called up my local deejay and he didn't have a lot to say but the radio has learned all of my favorite tunes." Radio stations won't make it on advertising without programming that has a wide appeal. That is why public radio stations that opera all day on Saturday, for instance, have a hard time staying afloat financially and have to beg listeners to send in money and beg the legislature to use tax dollars for support. That is why stations like KNSU have to tax students for support. These stations stay afloat using charity (love) and coercion (force) instead of the market (exchange). The same holds for news. If newspapers don't report on the things people want to hear about, they will lose circulation and then advertisers, and then will not be able to afford the reporters and editors that kept the news of Ms. Hilton from their audience. So, the newspapers learn what news people want to hear, the radio learns our favorite songs, and the car producers learn what features we like for our automobiles. -MC Chad,
Your point here reminds me of a couple of lines from an old John Prine song (never heard of Prine? he was a 70s singer/social critic) from his song “Sweet Revenge.” The lines are:
“so I called up my local deejay
and he didn’t have a lot to say
but the radio
has learned all of my favorite tunes.”
Radio stations won’t make it on advertising without programming that has a wide appeal. That is why public radio stations that opera all day on Saturday, for instance, have a hard time staying afloat financially and have to beg listeners to send in money and beg the legislature to use tax dollars for support. That is why stations like KNSU have to tax students for support. These stations stay afloat using charity (love) and coercion (force) instead of the market (exchange). The same holds for news. If newspapers don’t report on the things people want to hear about, they will lose circulation and then advertisers, and then will not be able to afford the reporters and editors that kept the news of Ms. Hilton from their audience. So, the newspapers learn what news people want to hear, the radio learns our favorite songs, and the car producers learn what features we like for our automobiles.
-MC

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