Tuesday, April 24, 2007
The Media - "The Really Big Story (Maybe)"
For me, the jig was up, a long time ago...
At HumanEvents.com, Pat Sajak writes:
"It forces otherwise capable journalists to try to sell us on the validity of their coverage, even though they have to know better. It has allowed networks to superimpose the words 'Breaking News' over a story that is not breaking, or perhaps not even news. It’s a charade played by those who present the news and those of us who watch it. That’s why it was excruciatingly jarring to CNN’s Wolf Blitzer as he recently stood, looking somber, in his 'Situation Room', only to have fellow anchor Jack Cafferty ask, 'Well, Wolf, is Anna Nicole still dead?' For a moment, at least, the jig was up."
