Wear Me Down
Joining a chorus formed by myself, Variety's Peter Bart and the Orlando Sentinel's Hal Boedeker, the San Francisco Chronicle's Debra J. Saunders is the latest to take offense at the treacly torrent of Tim Russert tributes.
"The hours and hours of tributes across the cable spectrum show the news media at their worst," she's written. "For me, the Russert weekend only served to confirm my suspicion that in 2008, cable TV stations can only do one story at a time -- and then they overdo it, and beat it silly.
"Part of the Russert Weekend phenomenon can be credited to a profession's prerogative. Figure that doctors receive the best medical attention, bartenders pour generous drinks for each other and mortuary owners rate posh funerals. Likewise, one of the perks of journalism is that when we kick the bucket, we get a nice send-off story. But there is another tenet of the profession that Washington TV news bureaus seem to have forgotten in the shock of Russert's passing: We are not the story."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 17, 2008 at 3:35 PM
comment #1
dixiedugan
says ...
It's still being beaten...if they beat it anymore I'll be able to see thru the earth's core.
By the way, what a week we are having - Cyd Charisse passed away. Screw watching the news tonight and put in Singin' In The Rain.
Posted by dixiedugan
at June 17, 2008 4:52 PM
comment #2
Mgmax, le Corbeau
says ...
I figured this out during the JFK Jr. extravaganza, when MSNBC showed a single shot of water for nine hours. It was like Abbas Kiarostami had taken over a network.
Posted by Mgmax, le Corbeau
at June 17, 2008 7:15 PM
comment #3
Terry McCarty
says ...
DixieDugan wrote:
By the way, what a week we are having - Cyd Charisse passed away. Screw watching the news tonight and put in Singin' In The Rain.
Earlier today, the AP wire story about Ms. Charisse's passing mentioned her husband Tony....Bennett.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at June 17, 2008 7:17 PM
comment #4
frankbooth
says ...
Never thought I'd see you say something nice about Saunders, Jeffrey. She's our resident Wicked Witch of the West, a role she seems to be aware of and even relish. Just take a look at the Vincent Price lighting in her cruely-smirking masthead shot.
Posted by frankbooth
at June 17, 2008 11:10 PM
comment #5
supertaster
says ...
Wells doesn't like me so he won't give one of the comment credits like he sometimes does, but I started saying this stuff on here Sunday.
Now, I'm just a blog commeter and I've taken no risks nor have i worked my ass of to run and promote my own blog, but still...FIRST!!
(joking...just joking)
Posted by supertaster
at June 18, 2008 5:12 PM
comment #6
jany
says ...
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at April 22, 2011 7:29 AM