Comments on: CNN's Shallowness http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/15/cnns-shallowness/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/15/cnns-shallowness/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 Seth Finkelstein Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:25:52 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/15/cnns-shallowness/#comment-1063 It's not pretty. But something has to pay the freight. There's a problem with *scale*, that blog evangelists often just don't deal with. If you want to have a business model that supports many viewers, there's got to be *something*, somewhere, that finances it. It's going to be a cash-cow like taxes, or classified ads, or tabloidism to drive sponorships numbers. The blog equivalent of this so far might be the hype of OH MY GOD THE SKY IS FALLING RED ALERT CENSORSHIP TEH FEDS THEY'RE COMING TO GET US ... which seems to happen every few months. But I don't think that scales well. But C-SPAN is a very small niche. It’s not pretty. But something has to pay the freight.

There’s a problem with *scale*, that blog evangelists often just don’t deal with.

If you want to have a business model that supports many viewers, there’s got to be *something*, somewhere, that finances it.

It’s going to be a cash-cow like taxes, or classified ads, or tabloidism to drive sponorships numbers.

The blog equivalent of this so far might be the hype of OH MY GOD THE SKY IS FALLING RED ALERT CENSORSHIP TEH FEDS THEY’RE COMING TO GET US … which seems to happen every few months.
But I don’t think that scales well.

But C-SPAN is a very small niche.

]]> By: Cassandra Johnson http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/15/cnns-shallowness/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Cassandra Johnson Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:40:51 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/02/15/cnns-shallowness/#comment-1064 I appreciate your comments about the general nature of televised news media becoming an outlet for gossip and PR of celebrities. However, I find the phrase "once-proud CNN". Along CNN and Bernard Shaw's fantastic coverage of Gulf War Pt. I I remember hours of Jim and Tammy Faye's home (including the air-conditioned doghouse). There was constant coverage of Fawn Hall which was a major distraction from the real crimes committed by Oliver North et al. It is important to avoid sentimentality for something that was revolutionary at it's debut, including a high level of "tabloid" style news stories. I appreciate your comments about the general nature of televised news media becoming an outlet for gossip and PR of celebrities. However, I find the phrase “once-proud CNN”. Along CNN and Bernard Shaw’s fantastic coverage of Gulf War Pt. I I remember hours of Jim and Tammy Faye’s home (including the air-conditioned doghouse). There was constant coverage of Fawn Hall which was a major distraction from the real crimes committed by Oliver North et al. It is important to avoid sentimentality for something that was revolutionary at it’s debut, including a high level of “tabloid” style news stories.

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