I find that almost all of the reporters I have interacted with take down whatever I say and then take out pits and pieces to form what they want to say, whether or not it is something I said (kind of like how kidnappers make ransom notes out of newspapers).
Their standard seems to be not "is this accurate" but rather "what will sell the most papers" combined with "can we get sued". On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 7:44 PM, David Kusumoto <[email protected]>wrote: > Hey Peter - you were caught/used in the standard "space constraints for > a throwaway article," just as you described it. When you've been > interviewed many times, you learn over the years that you can end up on the > cutting room floor despite spending 30-90 minutes with harried writers who > have no time nor interest in what their editors have "assigned" them to > write only 500-words about. Writers prefer to pitch their story ideas to > editors, not the other way around. It's worse for TV. I am so accustomed > to warning clients about the press and managing their expectations. The > classic routine is being on camera for 15 minutes and then you get sliced > to a 10-second blip on TV - or get completely shut out. For ex., watch > your late local news and pay attention to the length of EACH story. After > the top 3 stories are "out of the way," about 6-to-15 stories are blasted > out which average about 10-15 seconds each. Only the most visually or > verbally compelling stuff makes it. Editors do not trust the attention > span of readers and TV viewers. For ex., I always tell people that in a > 30-minute news broadcast, there's only about 6 min. of actual "local" > content. The rest is filled with national, international, sports and > weather news - and then about 6 to 8 min. worth of commercials. From > beginning to end, it's a sprint. Most news organizations are no more than > headline services. And with the advent of social media, it's gotten worse, > with "tweets" sent out by newsrooms that are less than 140 characters each. > - d. > > P.S. - Many news organizations, esp. the NYT (circulation, 1.6 million), > the WSJ (circulation, 2.3 million) and the Washington Post (circulation, > 470,000) - all have "exclusivity" rules - i.e., their editors REFUSE to run > material run elsewhere unless it can be updated or has significance > impossible to ignore, such as a plane crash. Hence the decision to > "bypass" elaborating about "Metropolis." While newspapers are dying, their > digital / mobile phone editions are keeping them barely alive, esp. the > NYT, which finally posted huge gains after recently charging readers for > digital content, (something the WSJ has always done). The NYT, despite > bleeding red ink, still has the highest Sunday circulation in the U.S. (2.1 > million). - d. > > ---- Original Message ---- > Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:03:10 -0500 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ > To: [email protected] > > Tom, > > I was the other person she contacted for the story. She only had 500 words > available and she felt the metropolis had already been done(and when she > did mention it, she got it wrong). I asked her what she wanted the thrust > of the article to be and I think she just needed to get something out > before the AA. As you say it was not particularly accurate. I explained in > great detail how the hobby was unique in that the material was never sold > to the public, the ways material did flow into collector's hands, how > poster exchanges worked, etc. I mentioned off-handedly how some people > actually used posters for home insulation years ago(this morphed into "huge > caches" of material that can be found in home walls!). It was a hastily > done throw-away article. Check the box and move onto the next thing. > > -Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom > Martin > Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:57 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ > > DID I MISS something??? or did the writer leave out the recent Deluca buy > of Metropolis???? at 1 million... U see soem old quotes on earlier prices.. > also she nowhere discusses the fact of Ralph Deluca being a super > collector.... > Also The Grey Smith Part was Ok,, but she didnt do her homework this woman > From Wall street...she could have given a broader viewpoint and offered > some places postes where being collected like Museumsna collections.. and > also people like Learn about Postres, and the Poster dealers Like the shops > in NYC, andLa, London,,, and auction people like RICH and Bruce... > They should have had You David write the story... perhaps you could submit > a story and give it more Gusto.. and more details.. > > It was nice that Wall street attempted a story but it was disappointing in > not very accurate.. > > Steven Sansweet who worked at Lucasfilm as a fand club and PR person was a > former writer for Wall street and could also have done a good job on a > article.. > > this one was disappointing.. what does everyone else think???? > > best, Tom > > ---- Original Message ---- > Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:05:36 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: DeLuca, Heritage, featured in tomorrow's WSJ > To: [email protected] > > Timed with its weekend pre-Oscar coverage, tomorrow's WSJ has a short > article about movie posters with quotes from Ralph DeLuca and Grey Smith. > -d. > > [image: wsj-coming-soon-to-an-auction-near-you-02-23-13.jpg] > > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324503204578316540704913854.html > 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. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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