tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post6561587117964702853..comments2024-03-29T07:36:51.933-05:00Comments on driftglass: Senator Al Would Pretty Please Like Journalists To Do Their Fucking Jobsdriftglasshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09379167083253389153noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14821756615867354132016-07-27T12:35:49.690-05:002016-07-27T12:35:49.690-05:00You think it is a requirement in Journalistic clas...You think it is a requirement in Journalistic classrooms to watch the movie, "Network"?Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736678459663803707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-8265725938928837822016-07-27T09:49:58.402-05:002016-07-27T09:49:58.402-05:00Only thing out there are highly compensated whores...Only thing out there are highly compensated whores and shills for the 1% corporate owners. Facts? Who gives a shit?<br /><br />Free your mind, toss out your tv.RUKiddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14057702539722165035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-2488379631104782572016-07-27T09:03:43.762-05:002016-07-27T09:03:43.762-05:00@bluicebank Not to dismiss Mr Henley, but FZ excor...@bluicebank Not to dismiss Mr Henley, but FZ excoriated the press in his '65 song "Trouble Every Day", 20 years before "dirty laundry" and in more in memorable fashion:<br /><br />"You can cool it you can heat it cause baby I don't need it take your TeeVee tube and eat it<br />all the phony stuff on sports and all the unconfirmed reports<br />you know I watched that rotten box until my head begin to hurt<br />Checking out the way the newsmen say they get the dirt<br />before the guys on channel so-and-so and further they'll assert<br />that any show they interrupt to bring you news when it comes up <br />they say that if the place blows up they will be the first to tell<br />because they boys they got downtown are working hard and doing swell<br />and if anybody gets the news before it hits the street<br />they say that no one blabs it faster their coverage can't be beat<br />and if another woman driver gets machine-gunned from her seat<br />they'll send some joker with a Brownie you can see it all complete..."Dave McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620276267940058699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-3206346897994228852016-07-27T08:21:06.510-05:002016-07-27T08:21:06.510-05:00The last time I checked, graduates of Columbia Jou...The last time I checked, graduates of Columbia Journalism School went overwhelmingly to PR firms rather anything to do with journalism.<br />Which gives me a chance to use my favorite quote:<br /><br />"As one digs deeper into the national character of the Americans, one sees that they have sought the value of everything in this world only in the answer to this single question: how much money will it bring in?”<br />Alexis de Tocqueville<br />letter to Ernest de Chabrol. June 9, 1831<br /><br />bowtiejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03269786110593961195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-7324692403050011042016-07-27T02:01:12.505-05:002016-07-27T02:01:12.505-05:00I too caught this with Al.
The giggling news com...I too caught this with Al. <br />The giggling news commenters were briefly annoyed. Which reminded me of a quote by Mark Twain.<br />"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig"<br /><br /><br />Asking the media to defend the facts. Not allowing a lie. = teaching<br /><br />Performing journalism and reporting the lie = singing<br /><br />Hog trough media for pay check = the pig<br /><br />They were annoyed and they changed the subject immediately (annoyed and time wasted.<br /><br />Not much discussion to Al's statement/ plea.<br /><br />But news has been entertainment for for profit for too long. <br /> Robthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736678459663803707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-43601805239094818102016-07-26T19:34:19.655-05:002016-07-26T19:34:19.655-05:00 When I saw him say that last night, I thought wow... When I saw him say that last night, I thought wow, Driftglass could have said that...<br /><br /> -Doug in Oaklanddinthebeasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941071534250216503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-55375171643383105532016-07-26T19:01:10.021-05:002016-07-26T19:01:10.021-05:00This sad state of affairs was the main reason I le...This sad state of affairs was the main reason I left the once-storied 4th Estate. It was like being a carpenter for an industry that shifted its focus to plastic. Or as Don Henley sang, "We all know that crap is king."<br /><br />The reason today's journalists aren't doing their job is because they aren't journalists. Those people left or got fired a long time ago.bluicebankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06821812102554488543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-14456753271441143422016-07-26T17:44:00.615-05:002016-07-26T17:44:00.615-05:00i still have'nt heard any one mention flint wa...i still have'nt heard any one mention flint water.when a whole city has been poisoned one would think it could be talked about.ervinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661830157986809343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-31264511124397422592016-07-26T16:23:49.353-05:002016-07-26T16:23:49.353-05:00Did you see how fast they shut that conversation d...Did you see how fast they shut that conversation down?<br />Time was up for Al.2xFooledhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14710798686073479621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11363027.post-76988776675429284892016-07-26T15:28:52.567-05:002016-07-26T15:28:52.567-05:00"It's a fair challenge."
yeah, no s..."It's a fair challenge."<br /><br />yeah, no shit!Dave McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13620276267940058699noreply@blogger.com