Comments on: Perhaps This Was Published Late http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/05/perhaps-this-was-published-three-days-late/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/05/perhaps-this-was-published-three-days-late/comment-page-1/#comment-1270 Jon Garfunkel Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:18:12 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/05/perhaps-this-was-published-three-days-late/#comment-1270 It shouldn't be news that cable TV covers centers on scandalicious celebrities. What's telling is how <i>differently</i> it was covered on the cable channels. Proportion of stories on Anna Nicole Smith to Iraq: MSNBC, 1:1; CNN, 1:1; Fox News, 4:1. Perhaps those who insist that "the media" is not doing enough to report the "good news" from Iraq should petition to at least one of the above channels to increase coverage-- and the numbers above clearly point to the laggard. It shouldn’t be news that cable TV covers centers on scandalicious celebrities.

What’s telling is how differently it was covered on the cable channels. Proportion of stories on Anna Nicole Smith to Iraq: MSNBC, 1:1; CNN, 1:1; Fox News, 4:1.

Perhaps those who insist that “the media” is not doing enough to report the “good news” from Iraq should petition to at least one of the above channels to increase coverage– and the numbers above clearly point to the laggard.

]]> By: John Bachir http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/05/perhaps-this-was-published-three-days-late/comment-page-1/#comment-1269 John Bachir Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:42:26 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/04/05/perhaps-this-was-published-three-days-late/#comment-1269 It's particularly absurd and disingenuous for him to compare the A.N.S. coverage to "gavel-to-gavel C-SPAN telecasts". What is this intended to suggest, that Real News is boo-rring? Is he 12 years old? There are thousands of other valuable, relevant, and interesting topics to cover. The A.N.S. coverage was nothing less than a journalism calamity. An embarrassment for our culture. Perhaps useful in that it provides a direct expression of what is wrong with the news media. It’s particularly absurd and disingenuous for him to compare the A.N.S. coverage to “gavel-to-gavel C-SPAN telecasts”. What is this intended to suggest, that Real News is boo-rring? Is he 12 years old?

There are thousands of other valuable, relevant, and interesting topics to cover. The A.N.S. coverage was nothing less than a journalism calamity. An embarrassment for our culture. Perhaps useful in that it provides a direct expression of what is wrong with the news media.

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