Comments on: Kid Nation: Murrow Spinning in His Grave http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:40:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Seth Finkelstein Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:36:12 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/#comment-1927 More seriously, recall that the time of Murrow was also the time of the Quiz Show scandals - which were the scripted "reality" TV of their day. So there was no Golden Age. Grabbing a quote from http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/murrowedwar/murrowedwar.htm "He received four other individual Emmys for Best News Commentator or Analyst as well, with the last coming in 1958, the year he excoriated the broadcasting industry in a speech before the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for being "fat, comfortable, and complacent" and television for "being used to detract, delude, amuse and insulate us."" The more serious point I was making is, well, maybe I better not go there, into the problems of "pure exploitation and intellectual fraud". More seriously, recall that the time of Murrow was also the time of the Quiz Show scandals – which were the scripted “reality” TV of their day. So there was no Golden Age. Grabbing a quote from

http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/M/htmlM/murrowedwar/murrowedwar.htm

“He received four other individual Emmys for Best News Commentator or Analyst as well, with the last coming in 1958, the year he excoriated the broadcasting industry in a speech before the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) for being “fat, comfortable, and complacent” and television for “being used to detract, delude, amuse and insulate us.”"

The more serious point I was making is, well, maybe I better not go there, into the problems of “pure exploitation and intellectual fraud”.

]]> By: Dan Gillmor http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-1926 Dan Gillmor Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:36:45 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/#comment-1926 I think you're wrong about this, Seth -- this stuff is pure exploitation and intellectual fraud. I don't give a damn how popular it is. I think you’re wrong about this, Seth — this stuff is pure exploitation and intellectual fraud. I don’t give a damn how popular it is.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/comment-page-1/#comment-1925 Seth Finkelstein Sun, 02 Sep 2007 18:14:29 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/09/02/kid-nation-murrow-spinning-in-his-grave/#comment-1925 Dan, are you some sort of <b>elitist</b>? Do you think you <em>know better</em> than The People and The Market? [I'm being sarcastic - but ironically, your being a blog-insider insulates you from the obvious flaming that could result if an identical post was made by an Enemy Of The A-list.] Dan, are you some sort of elitist? Do you think you know better than The People and The Market?

[I'm being sarcastic - but ironically, your being a blog-insider insulates you from the obvious flaming that could result if an identical post was made by an Enemy Of The A-list.]

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