I think you're being a wee bit harsh here. I think viewers in Bismarck, or Carbondale, or Laramie, are savvy enough to realize their stations don't have a reporter dedicated to covering showbiz in LA or New York. And if I'm a station manager at the NBC affiliate in Altoona, PA, I'm certainly not going to credit CBS for giving me a story. It's bad enough I'm telling folks to watch TBS.
Besides, if even the major media were to source where they got their story ideas -- that do include "original" reporting from staff reporters -- there'd be a lot of sourcing to the Sunday New York Times. Give viewers a little credit. I think most of us know when wire copy is being read or CNN feeds are being aired. And, besides, how many of the viewers in Arkadelphia are on the lookout for a station in Wichita using the same story? It was an amusing set of circumstances that are probably not unique. --Dave Sikula On Nov 7, 7:44 am, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly - which, if the standards of local news were higher, one might > think would also motivate a simple "CBS Newsource reports that Conan is > pushing the envelope..." or something like that. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
