On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:44 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I haven't read the "long article," but does it actually include named >> sources, or just pedantic complaints from anonymous nobodys? >> >> >> > As I gather from Kevin's comments is he, I am also suspicious of those who > bitch anonymously to the press after someone has taken a public hit. I have > more respect who deal with their shit person to person, looking their > adversary in the eye, than those who wait until they are down and then > pounce. > > It goes beyond mere suspicion. I refuse to pay any credence to blind quotes anymore. And any journalist who bases an article on them (I'm working my way through this one and am underimpressed so far) is an abysmal failure in my estimation.
In admittedly general terms, anonymous quotes are used by writers who want to push their own opinions off as fact. Most times such quotes -- and any information contained therein -- cannot be verified. It is sloppy writing. Any teenager could post a blog using them. Such blind quotes contain nothing of journalistic merit. Here are a few from the article that contribute nothing of any substance: “Tim Russert always used to say, ‘Brian would have been a better Chevy Chase than Chevy Chase,’ ” recalled a former NBC producer. “Brian chafed at reading the prompter,” a senior NBC executive said. “It was,” a senior NBC executive recalls, “like we were a family.” “There’s no adult supervision,” one senior NBC executive tells me. “If you don’t manage, it turns into a bad version of Ron Burgundy,” says another. -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
