I got "R" for ten mentions of "murder" and one of "death" for my Jason Rose post. The post about my search terms -- or the rest of the hundreds of double entendres and other moronic jokes? Not a factor.
This is addressed to what will no doubt be another horde of commenters: He's right. And it might not be a bad idea to listen to the Buzz for a couple more days -- so that you can send this post to its advertisers.
The main problem, as I see it, is that we don't get to have the debate about whether certain materials should get play until... after they get play.
By the way, I don't really begrudge NBC for having aired what content they did air. (Brian Williams said that he and the editors refused to air certain parts of the video.) I do begrudge their presentation, which was sensationalistic ("see MORE of the Cho video on the Today Show tomorrow!") and ratings-driven. It was, of course, followed up with a lot of self-important "see how responsible we are" crowing from many television journalists when they decided to scale back their use of the video today.
I'm with you: a paternalistic media -- or more accurately, maternalistic; but, either way -- ceases to be useful. In my mind, though, journalism -- particularly television journalism -- could do with a lot more utilitarianism like that and a lot less pretentiousness and self-importance.
I hope to have my next DIA post today or tomorrow. It all depends on how many stories involving video games, poop jokes and/or pictures of breasts cross my RSS reader.
Madeline L'Engle, RIP
This must be why I used your testimonial quote on my blog. I have never read this book.
September 7, 2007 at 9:22 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Sexy death devil massacre blog
I got "R" for ten mentions of "murder" and one of "death" for my Jason Rose post. The post about my search terms -- or the rest of the hundreds of double entendres and other moronic jokes? Not a factor.
June 23, 2007 at 10:42 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
The Buzz is banned
This is addressed to what will no doubt be another horde of commenters: He's right. And it might not be a bad idea to listen to the Buzz for a couple more days -- so that you can send this post to its advertisers.
May 29, 2007 at 8:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Would you air the Cho video?
Leslie's comment is not as tangential to this discussion as one might think.
A lot of TV journalists were crowing about their "restraint" and sense of ethics when they decided to "scale back" their use of the Cho videos.
After, of course, all of the teaser graphics ("MASSACRE at Virginia Tech - the LATEST") and sinister/"sad memory" musical vamps had been produced.
The elements of presentation are at least as important as what is actually presented.
April 20, 2007 at 10:17 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Would you air the Cho video?
Misty, you read my mind. See my latest updates.
April 19, 2007 at 8:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Would you air the Cho video?
The main problem, as I see it, is that we don't get to have the debate about whether certain materials should get play until... after they get play.
By the way, I don't really begrudge NBC for having aired what content they did air. (Brian Williams said that he and the editors refused to air certain parts of the video.) I do begrudge their presentation, which was sensationalistic ("see MORE of the Cho video on the Today Show tomorrow!") and ratings-driven. It was, of course, followed up with a lot of self-important "see how responsible we are" crowing from many television journalists when they decided to scale back their use of the video today.
I'm with you: a paternalistic media -- or more accurately, maternalistic; but, either way -- ceases to be useful. In my mind, though, journalism -- particularly television journalism -- could do with a lot more utilitarianism like that and a lot less pretentiousness and self-importance.
April 19, 2007 at 6:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Shoes
I hope to have my next DIA post today or tomorrow. It all depends on how many stories involving video games, poop jokes and/or pictures of breasts cross my RSS reader.
April 18, 2007 at 10:11 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
"Gilead"
I'm down. What's "the Pig"?
April 4, 2007 at 5:58 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
"Gilead"
Beer me.
Sorry about the threadjacking. What, you mean you wanted to talk about the <em>book</em>?
April 4, 2007 at 8:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
"Gilead"
Interesting.
The opposite has happened to me. I have found that as I have gotten older, I have less and less use for religious faith.
That's probably a little more mercenary than I mean to be, but there you go.
April 3, 2007 at 9:19 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )