Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource TomPaine.com Stories Description An account of the resource TomPaine.com -- a liberal advocacy organization -- distributed a public call on August 12, 2002 for 300 word "opinion advertisement" similar to those that the organization had been running regularly in the op-ed page of The New York Times. TomPaine.com received hundreds of submissions from the public, most of which the September 11 Digital Archive has preserved here. TomPaine Story TomPaine Story: Story Post 9/11 Journalism Continues to Forsake Public Interest If ever there were ever an event that highlighted the essential role that journalism plays in America, it was the 9/11 tragedy. Immediately after the terrorist attacks, most of the nation tuned to national news outlets for information, wisdom, and guidance in figuring out what exactly happened and why. What we got from the news media reflected the shameful state of journalism in America. With some exceptions, the national news outlets -- particularly television news programs -- simply lacked the staff and expertise to report on the story with requisite depth and nuance. Forced by their giant corporate owners to squeeze more profit from news operations, the network news outletsóin the years leading up to 9/11ósteadily cut back on foreign news coverage. The 9/11 tragedy exposed the problem, but in the aftermath nothing changed. For example, earlier this year Disney, which owns ABC, tried to lure David Letterman from CBS to ABC by offering him Nightlines time slot. The reason: Nightline was not profitable enough. If there was any remaining doubt about whether media corporations might take their public interest responsibilities more seriously after 9/11, it was erased by their unrelenting and largely successful lobbying campaign to pressure the Federal Communications Commission to rescind regulations limiting large corporations from owning multiple news outlets. This regulatory change would, of course, allow media corporations to make even more moneyóat the expense of professional journalism. Neither the surging patriotism after 9/11 nor the aura of public interest surrounding journalism after the attacks has inspired the corporate media executives to acknowledge that the demands for maximizing profit from news operations should be lessenedóeither voluntarily or by government regulationóto keep Americans informed and our democracy viable. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource tp165.xml 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. full Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. story Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2003-03-03