I'll thrown in some further perspective here.Back around Thanksgiving, a local Kansas City weatherman killed himself. The morning after (when he wasn't on the air), the FOX affiliate where he worked said nothing of his absence, and even though the station's competitors knew what was going on, at the FOX affiliate's request, they mentioned nothing of it until a statement was issued by Channel 4. Actually, the NBC affiliate (41) did run with the story, and actually went into the cause thereof: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/news-director-peggy-phillip-explains-why-km bc-reported-don-harmans-suicide_b31177 is an interesting read about how news covers its own.
WDAF (FOX) simply stated he 'passed away'. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out he killed himself. Some things you can read into without a word being said and be correct. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of PGage Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:34 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Puzzling message about the old boss On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:53 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: Romenesko's piece is up: it's a rehash of what everyone has said/posted. http://jimromenesko.com/2012/04/18/where-is-tv-critic-aaron-barnhart-is-it-a nybodys-business/ Steve: I did not know that (or if I did, I didn't retain it), and it makes sense. While Barnhart is away for whatever reason, I do question his effective erasure from the Star's Web presence, even going so far as to disabling the Television anchor link at the top of the Entertainment overview page. I don't expect the paper to go beyond a simple acknowledgement ("Aaron Barnhart is away" isn't *that* hard to write), but the full radio silence does tend to lead to an environment similar to this. TV Newser also links to the Romenesko piece, with a little background but no new information: http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/where-is-tv-critic-aaron-barnhart-is-it- anybodys-business_b123098 I suspect we are all worried that AB has had a recurrence of his cancer. I have certainly been hoping for the best, and remembering him in our prayers at the hourse. Probably not much good in just speculating, but looking forward to hearing how he is doing, and hope he knows he has a lot of support here. -- 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 -- 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
