Today in News History
On July 12, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1929, Billy Mosforth, English footballer and engraver (born 1857) passed away. In 1937, Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author was born. In 1962, First transatlantic satellite television transmission. In 1965, Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster was born. In 1967, Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster was born. In 1987, Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman, American rabbi and scholar (born 1901) passed away. In 1994, Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research (born 1942) passed away. In 1998, Panagiotis Kondylis, Greek philosopher and author (born 1943) passed away. In 1999, Jan Sloot, Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945) passed away. In 2014, John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (born 1927) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Podcast: Resist digital hegemony!
Narrative Analysis: Bandwagon
Voices from within the academy are now raising the alarm about the decline of literacy under the relentless assault of totalized digital immersion—finally catching up to what CounterVortex blogger and ranter Bill Weinberg has been saying for years (although sneering denialism about the problem remains fashionable). Worldwide, the humanities are being abandoned in favor of STEM, while social media overtakes legacy media as a source of news—or (as is more often the case) sinister propaganda. In Episode 333 of the CounterVortex podcast, Bill takes stock of this grave and still under-appreciated threat to the survival of democracy and humanity itself—and looks for signs of practical resistance. (Image: Earth First! Newswire)
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