Doing what the Vandals did to Rome.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005 Joe Six-Pack. Do you know him? Are you that mythic American man? If so, keep in mind that you know or happen to be the quintessential demographic editors, reporters and executives design TV news for. What an honor, right? Joe Six-Pack sits in every editorial meeting, a ghostly apparition of mediocrity,…
Monday, October 10, 2005 Balance, it’s the hobgoblin of media minds. American journalism and the media engage in continual effort to “balance” stories, to show both sides…to keep everyone happy. “Ping-Pong Journalism,” is what a good friend calls it. I saw it daily when I worked at the “most respected hour of news.” Mr. Ping…
Okay, my media cohorts. This is it. Many have admitted going soft on the Bush Administration after 9/11 (I was there). You’ve shown indignation, although not at great risk, over the handling of Katrina. There is some blood in the water. Will you finally become sharks? How the media swims over the next month or…
We went soft. That’s the current media sensation. Thomas Friedman, globalization hack and all-around do-nothing new, wrote this week that 9-11 “distorted the political environment.” It led to reticence to question the Admin’s policies. A couple days ago I heard a major news weekly editor admit that he went soft on Team W after 9-11….
The term is “Media Whore.” It’s used in my business to describe those who will do anything to get on camera, say whatever needs to be said and insinuate themselves into the story of the day. They crave attention, for fame or money or both. You’ve seen them…pundits being the obvious sub-species of this city’s…