Comments for YankeeWombat http://yankeewombat.com An American in Oz Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Back in Oz by admin http://yankeewombat.com/?p=685#comment-89583 admin Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:54:14 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=685#comment-89583 I don't think so. A quick perusal led me to believe it was an estrogen centric publication. I don’t think so. A quick perusal led me to believe it was an estrogen centric publication.

]]> Comment on Back in Oz by Akaky http://yankeewombat.com/?p=685#comment-88129 Akaky Thu, 29 May 2008 18:13:34 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=685#comment-88129 Get pregnant faster? is this tome about premature ejaculation? Get pregnant faster? is this tome about premature ejaculation?

]]> Comment on Lookers by Akaky http://yankeewombat.com/?p=684#comment-80940 Akaky Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:05:27 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=684#comment-80940 Maybe they're bounty hunters trying to make jail a desirable location. You never know. Maybe they’re bounty hunters trying to make jail a desirable location. You never know.

]]> Comment on After Tet, the Five O’clock Follies by Jenin, Jenin….whose Jenin? « The Better Part of Valour http://yankeewombat.com/?p=86#comment-52032 Jenin, Jenin….whose Jenin? « The Better Part of Valour Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:10:17 +0000 http://www.yankeewombat.com/?p=86#comment-52032 [...] There is much that needs to be said about the role of the media in situations such as at Jenin — and, even more crucially, Iraq. Fortunately, Yankee Wombat has said it far better than I could. I think the intentional creation of footage - real or faked - by our enemies to sell to our media is possible only because our media is open to it. One vector is the endless appetite of TV for dramatic footage to maximize the emotional impact of their coverage. Another is the general disaffection of our press with the goals of our government and military. The later goes back to Vietnam when a tradition of cynicism toward the claims of the military became so common that the daily press briefings became known as ‘the five o’clock follies.’ [...] [...] There is much that needs to be said about the role of the media in situations such as at Jenin — and, even more crucially, Iraq. Fortunately, Yankee Wombat has said it far better than I could. I think the intentional creation of footage – real or faked – by our enemies to sell to our media is possible only because our media is open to it. One vector is the endless appetite of TV for dramatic footage to maximize the emotional impact of their coverage. Another is the general disaffection of our press with the goals of our government and military. The later goes back to Vietnam when a tradition of cynicism toward the claims of the military became so common that the daily press briefings became known as ‘the five o’clock follies.’ [...]

]]> Comment on Tactical Perception Management by Jenin, Jenin….whose Jenin? « The Better Part of Valour http://yankeewombat.com/?p=613#comment-52026 Jenin, Jenin….whose Jenin? « The Better Part of Valour Thu, 29 Nov 2007 06:25:14 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=613#comment-52026 [...] about the role of the media in situations such as that at Jenin. Fortunately, Yankee Wombat has said it far better than I [...] [...] about the role of the media in situations such as that at Jenin. Fortunately, Yankee Wombat has said it far better than I [...]

]]> Comment on A New Form of Civil Society by Rob http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-51732 Rob Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:00:47 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-51732 YW,yes, I got your email. Thanks for that. YW,yes, I got your email. Thanks for that.

]]> Comment on An MP3 Player For Books by An MP3 Player For Books http://yankeewombat.com/?p=603#comment-51473 An MP3 Player For Books Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:39:17 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=603#comment-51473 [...] post by admin and software by Elliott [...] [...] post by admin and software by Elliott [...]

]]> Comment on An MP3 Player For Books by Music Mp3 Albums - Everything about music » An MP3 Player For Books http://yankeewombat.com/?p=603#comment-51457 Music Mp3 Albums - Everything about music » An MP3 Player For Books Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:44:18 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=603#comment-51457 [...] RPGnet Forums - Powered by vBulletin wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt My sister sent me a link to the Amazon Kindle that sparked my interest. It’s a lightweight $400 ebook reader - a specialized tablet PC with a wireless connection so you can download e-texts from Amazon. It sold out in five and a half hours according to Slashdot. [IMG kindle3.jpg] Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos with the Kindle I’m not going to get into specs or attempt to review it. I’ll just point out that Amazon takes care of the 3G wireless broadband connection in the US but charges f [...] [...] RPGnet Forums – Powered by vBulletin wrote an interesting post today!.Here’s a quick excerpt My sister sent me a link to the Amazon Kindle that sparked my interest. It’s a lightweight $400 ebook reader – a specialized tablet PC with a wireless connection so you can download e-texts from Amazon. It sold out in five and a half hours according to Slashdot. [IMG kindle3.jpg] Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos with the Kindle I’m not going to get into specs or attempt to review it. I’ll just point out that Amazon takes care of the 3G wireless broadband connection in the US but charges f [...]

]]> Comment on A New Form of Civil Society by admin http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-51199 admin Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:44:17 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-51199 Thanks Rob. I thought your observation that the ordinary media activity at Netzaram Junction that day was the collection of archive footage with little or no risk was also exceptionally incisive. Did you get my separate email? Thanks Rob. I thought your observation that the ordinary media activity at Netzaram Junction that day was the collection of archive footage with little or no risk was also exceptionally incisive. Did you get my separate email?

]]> Comment on A New Form of Civil Society by Rob http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-50719 Rob Fri, 16 Nov 2007 07:33:48 +0000 http://yankeewombat.com/?p=600#comment-50719 Hey, Yankee Wombat, Did you post this at PJM? <blockquote>Yes, it a public secret. That's why as a media studies teacher in the 70s I required my students to use a video editor to create fake footage - to inoculate them against TV as anything other than carefully crafted drama. What has happened here is that another culture has weaponized TV and that weapon has entered our own media along the vector of the public secret - the insatiable commercial appetite for dramatic footage. Thats the secret - news camera operators and their editors are a team that creates dramatically satisfying footage. Action news.</blockquote> I thought it was one of the most incisive comments I've seen anywhere on the blogosphere. Hey, Yankee Wombat,

Did you post this at PJM?

Yes, it a public secret. That’s why as a media studies teacher in the 70s I required my students to use a video editor to create fake footage – to inoculate them against TV as anything other than carefully crafted drama. What has happened here is that another culture has weaponized TV and that weapon has entered our own media along the vector of the public secret – the insatiable commercial appetite for dramatic footage. Thats the secret – news camera operators and their editors are a team that creates dramatically satisfying footage. Action news.

I thought it was one of the most incisive comments I’ve seen anywhere on the blogosphere.

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