> If the parties don't arrange to put their protesters at each others' > conventions, you're left with a lot of career protesters who are as > predictable as the pols inside the hall.
Of course the career protestors will be there -- that's when the role of a journalist being able to differentiate between a shill and someone with a legitimate grievance comes into play. I'm certain there are birthers and related whack-jobs outside the DNC, but I'm also sure there is an unemployed father of four whose wife has cancer and wants to know what happened to all the promises Obama made to him and others like him. But they have no voice at these conventions. Nobody who will speak for them; nobody willing to speak truth to power. If a reporter isn't willing to ask hard questions, there is no reason for them to be on-scene. The whole concept of what is now branded Eyewitness News was created to get what were then only newsMEN outside of the newsroom and actually at the source of the news they were covering. But all of that has been minimized to standing where news WAS and providing wraparounds like, "Back to you in the studio." If the reporters aren't willing to do their jobs, why don't all newscasts just originate from Atlanta -- no journalists on scene at all. Nobody needs a press box at a convention because the press have no need to be there. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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
