You would have thought that these "hot" and timely controversies, and the media issues they raise, would be enough to attract more TV cameras here in the "Network City' that is in New York.
You might think they would turn out in droves; If you did, you would think wrong.
To my knowledge, the camera from our independent media company, Globalvision, was the only one in the house. The event was taped by the New York Times and will be shown on City University TV way down the cable dial---treated as an academic event, hardly a big draw on the media spectrum.
You would have also thought that panels would lead to some collective action, not just a ventilation of grievances, but no plan or campaign was put forth, probably because of the competitive nature of media enterprises that are always seeking to one-up each other. They are better at competition than collaboration.
Many key players are not comfortable, as the editor of the Washington Post acknowledged, being "adversarial," even as many also admitted that had not been aggressive enough in the past in challenging over classification and sececy--often cooperating or being complicit with government requests and steering.
There were calls for more pro-active reporting while journalists pointed out that government officials do far more leaking than dissidents like Snowden or Chelsea Manning.
The March 21 date of the event did have some resonance in media history.
" In the Times on Friday was a page one story on other media priorities--- on the CEO of Time Warner Cable who after a few months in the job, sold his own company to Comcast, and is now line to receive an $80 million golden handshake after just six weeks on the job.
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