I think the US is ready for a good, old-fashioned 15-minute NEWS-cast, ala Douglas Edwards or John Cameron Swayze---- from the early fifties before Cronkite and Huntley/Brinkley perfected it. And LONG before the Today Show ruined it!!! Joe PS-- If you international members don't recognize the names, just put in your local names. You know who they are. Joe
--- On Fri, 6/26/09, Roger Kim <[email protected]> wrote: From: Roger Kim <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE? To: "Joseph Bonelli" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 8:23 PM I'd much rather watch coverage of Iran or Korea, but CNN insists on giving me hours of continuous Michael Jackson coverage. I wish I got the international CNN broadcast. The American version is getting very hard to watch. They're constantly showing me what various idiots have posted or twittered, as if this would be interesting to me. -rk On Jun 26, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Joseph Bonelli wrote: Hi from Joe B in NOLA (Joe H on the radio). Glenn, you're in "The Biz." You know that it will not cease until everyones' ratings go down. And maybe not even then. Joe --- On Fri, 6/26/09, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote: From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE? To: [email protected] Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 7:00 PM Franc - I agree. Especially when you consider North Korea wants to nuke us by the 4th of July not to mention the protests in Iran. I'm not sure what's appropriate anymore. Is decorum a thing of the past? Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: Franc To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] OT OKAY HOW MUCH TIME IS APPROPRIATE? I've just got finished trying to watch CNN for news coverage and then the local and the national news coverage on NBC. Tonight all the broadcast stations and many of the cable stations have tributes to Michael Jackson and I'm more than sure this will carryforth through next week. So my question is also "How much time is appropriate?". But I'm asking a different question than the one pondered about Jackson memorabilia hocked by a Mexican lobby card salesman. Why must the media be so lazy? Every station and cablecasters is feeding on the the frenzy of this story, as if there's nothing else happening in the world. I'm sorry Michael Jackson died so suddenly too but the coverage is now beginning to be exploitation. Does anyone else on MOPO feel this way or am I just turning into a grumpy old man? FRANC Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
