I'm not sure I agree with you on that - What Trump has done with Fox News, Brietbart, and the intimidation and manipulation of and straight out lying to the news media is as bad as what Bush/Cheney did with Miller; the difference I guess is that this time the repuatuable news organizations are digging in, not caving in as they did on Iraq (which I guess is your point, so maybe I don't disagree so much with the conclusion as the construction).
As I noted, I also have not seen evidence that Pelley's approach has paid off with higher ratings or profit for CBS - yet. I don't think though that cutbacks in newsgathering around the world will be a factor - unless I have missed something and CBS has cut back more than the other networks, and done so since the election. I agree of course that the shrinkage of international news bureaus has beeen shameful, but I think it is a lagging indicator of the network's investment in real news. If the networks have not increased spending on newsgathering resources over the next few years, then it will be hard to argue that market forces have resulted in more serious television news coverage; but if they are spending 3 more minutes per night on serious national coverage from their NY anchor desks (I pulled that out of my butt, I have no idea if anything like that is happening) then I would call that a good down payment. Again, my main argument along these lines is not quite that we are in the midst of a golden age of journalism, but rather that the predictions of not that long ago that the modern context does not allow or reward real journalism seem to be taking on water. Bezos, and the asshole, and maybe the Eye or showing signs that modern media can make a fair profit and still do serious news. I hope more join them. On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 6:45 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 8:46 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > To previous examples I have submitted here (WaPo, CNN) that, at least in > the Age of Trump, real journalism can actually be profitable, we can maybe > add CBS (maybe because not clear it is yet enjoying increased profitability > but at least is getting noticed). Jeannie Sullivan (WaPo Media Columnist) > has a nice piece on Scott Pelley's work as managing editor of The Evening > News. Pelley has been my favorite of the three network news anchors > (frankly, I dont even recognize the name of the ABC anchor) since he took > over, and his no nonsense, no bullshit approach to 45 has been refreshing. > > > A large proportion of high profile journalists were working in their > organizations in 2003 and they remember the buildup to the Iraq War. The > Trump administration has not yet tried anything as audacious as the Powell > appearance at the UN or the Judith Miller story but the news media know > there will be a high price to pay for gullibility. It's nice to see that > Pelley is ahead of the pack. > > I did not see anything about CBS News becoming more profitable or even > getting higher ratings recently. I just want to note if that does get > reported a factor will be the closing of news bureaus around the world and > cutting back on resources. > > -- > -- > 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. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- -- 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.
