...blurs "the line between entertainment and news."
His allegation comes after he examined emails between Richard Henee and the show.
Hmmm..blurs the line....CNN? FOX? NBC? That line is so blurred by now that about the only actual news program on 
TV may be CSPAN.
Critics say the media should have known the balloon wasn't capable of lifting a 6 year old boy aloft, and that there were other clues to the story being fake, but please put yourself in the shoes of a network producer in the middle of a relatively slow news day. The family says the boy was on the balloon! The sheriff himself has a chase underway. The National Guard has helicopters aloft. And you want a producer to say no, I don't believe it, let's stop coverage? You want him to decide the family's a bit crazy, so we'll pull the plug? I don't think so.
If the sheriff does file charges against some TV show, it will be a fascinating event, watching a show that may consider a Beyonce parking ticket the top story of the day argue First Amendment rights.
[A SIDE NOTE: the MMMM I posted (a day early) on Sunday about the balloon stunt was my 1,000th post. The second anniversary of this blog is in November. Happy blog day to me. Happy blog day to me. (-: ]
A thousand blogs! That's a lot, and I do appreciate them.
ReplyDeletebut but but ....
ReplyDeleteA thousand posts is noteworthy.
But a sensational story isn't always newsworthy.
You say "put yourself in the shoes of a network producer," like that makes a difference. What is a slow news day? A day when there are no sensational topics at which to gawk?
Is your point of reference that of a news man? Or a shock jock?
I get that it's your blog and your opinion, and I don't fault you one bit for being "pro" sensational-ism along with your "pro" journalism.
But put yourself in the shoes of a public whose interests are more twisted by the gut-wrenching emotional trauma dispensed from a medicine bottle labeled "news." Does the fourth branch of our government serve the interests of the public by "creating" news just to increase ratings?
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From the 2002 Josh Clayton-Felt album "Spirit Touches Ground"
ReplyDeleteMr. Clayton-Felt (1967-2000), died of testicular cancer at age 32.
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You're seeing silver clouds the sky is getting wet
Her skin is medicine you're praying hard for help
To come while you are fast asleep and bring you back yourself
Now she's not far away
And you're a starving man
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Your life is in her hands
She is your creator and your creation too
And by this time tomorrow you'll be just as good as new
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Dance around my head
Light from another world
Waking up the dead
Wishbone breaking I'm for the taking
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Dance around my head
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Each one knows your fears
They're not here to steal them
They've come to drink your tears
You've done nothing wrong but you won't remember much
You've never felt this good before without even being touched
Night of a thousand girls
Dance around my head
Light from another world
Waking up the dead
Wishbone breaking I'm for the taking
Nothing needs to be said
Night of a thousand girls
Dance around my head
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It's on its way, the avalanche
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Waking up the dead
Wishbone breaking I'm for the taking
Nothing needs to be said
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