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Blurring the lines.
(From Philippine Daily Inquirer)
Byline: Rina Jimenez-David
"WALLFLOWERS at an orgy" is how Nora Ephron once famously described members of the media, back in the time when she was writing a column and not yet writing and directing movies.
Assigned to write a column on the media, Ephron said she eventually gave it up when media people became too full of themselves, becoming the news rather than reporting it, and she wasn't about to abet this development.
The news media as the news, the news media's evolution into infotainment if not pure entertainment-these were some of the major concerns aired during "Media Nation," the first Summit of the Philippine News Media that wrapped up yesterday.
Media's power to inform and educate, shape and create the national agenda has become cause for scrutiny, if not concern.
The question posed to the participants was not just how the media can do a better job, but what exactly that job might be.
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