The coverage has been pretty "It's bin Laden's fault. We're innocent. Let
me say that again. It's bin Laden's fault. etc." Things like the racist
attacks across the country were largely ignored by major TV and internet
media until someone died. I'm not sure how other media handled it. Our
local TV news covered attacks on the first day they broadcasted (which I
believe was Wednesday). But the national news didn't.
Other news has been ignored. On Tuesday, I went to the CNN.com site to read
the world news section to get information on what was going on around the
world and the headlines were the same headlines as were on the main page
and US page. Even in the Middle East section, there was no link to the
story about Kabul being bombed that day. I searched the site to find that
information. It was in the site. It simply wasn't linked in the
CNN.com>World>Middle East section.
I think that's the diversity he's saying is lacking. Apparently, this is
the only thing that has happened in the world for the last week.
At 10:25 PM 9/17/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I don't follow your point. How are these rumors (and a couple of facts)
>related to anything I said? Or the diversity of the media? Diversified how?
>
>H.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Paris Lundis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 10:06 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: New News from Germany.
>
>
>Yeah well anyone hearing that the tons of gold under the towers
>allegedly has turned up missing?
>
>Dow dropped how much? and we just sent 50 billion to the EU even though
>the Euro is trading higher than the dollar...
>
>Wish the US media was a bit more diversified...
>
>[finding the future in the past, passing the future in the present]
>[connecting people, places and things]
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 22:05:15 -0700
>Subject: RE: New News from Germany.
>
> > Sorry, but monetary considerations were and are secondary on a news
> > story.
> >
> > I've been a professional journalist for 15 years in all sorts of
> > positions,
> > including management and including two stints as publisher of small
> > publications. I've also been a career-long member of the Society of
> > Professional Journalists and a former president of the San Diego
> > chapter (if
> > you want to compare credentials).
> >
> > When a big story breaks, the news comes first. It's not greed. Yes,
> > it's
> > credibility -- you're credibility is at stake -- but it's not
> > credibility
> > aimed at increasing profits, it's credibility aimed at retaining
> > viability.
> > It's about quality. There's a nuance of difference between doing
> > something
> > because you think it might mean bigger profits down the road, and
> > doing
> > something because you want to retain reader and viewer respect, let
> > alone
> > your own self respect. Profitability and viability is only a by
> > product of
> > doing a good job.
> >
> > Many of these newspapers that published special editions, including
> > my own,
> > have no direct competition, so they are not likely to lose readers if
> > they
> > don't roll the presses in the middle of the day.
> >
> > And if all of the networks run continuous coverage, then there is no
> > real
> > advantage in one over the other. They are not going to gain any new
> > viewers
> > because of it. Sure, they might lose if they don't, but these are
> > news
> > organizations populated from top to bottom people who are life-long
> > news
> > professionals (I've met many of them, including icons such as Don
> > Hewitt and
> > Sid Mickelson).
> >
> > Yes, these news organizations (including mine, E.W. Scripps) are
> > publicly
> > owned and ultimately accountable to their stock holders, but they are
> > accountable first (and this is certainly true of E.W. Scripps) to
> > their own
> > conscience.
> >
> > H.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jennifer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 9:18 PM
> > To: CF-Community
> > Subject: RE: New News from Germany.
> >
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > That's the way media works.
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > I've been trained in newspaper and radio, and specifically trained
> > for news
> > and management. I used to run a radio station. It was a very popular
> > station that year. I was the editor of my high school newspaper. I
> > know how
> > it works. I feel free to criticize them.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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