I am not really seeing this argument very clearly. I don't think NBC/Kelly's problem has to do with anything fundamentally new or different about the internet, and more with dealing with fundamentally sleazy people and systems. Before there was the Internet there was tabloid print media, and the National Enquirer and its kind were able on occasion to push mainstream journalism to cover salacious crap just because so many people were talking about it.
Kelly's "mistake" essentially was trying to use Jone's online following to boost her ratings (I put mistake in quotes because I will not be shocked if after all this it turns out to pay off with big ratings, though I will not be watching it). It was also, as I noted when it first came out, that she interviewed him so long before airing it (I still have not heard what the reasoning behind this was - though I wonder now if it was specifically so they could tease it, gauge the public reaction, and then edit it accordingly). On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 3:22 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > This, for my money, is the definitive take on this: that Alex Jones (as > much as you detest him) understands how the Internet works when it comes to > news, and Megyn Kelly and NBC does not. > > > https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/alex-jones-scoops-megyn-kelly-and-proves-the-media-isnt > > > > On Jun 15, 2017 10:36 PM, "Steve Timko" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Alex Jones releases a copy of the audio online ahead of Sunday's >> broadcast. >> covfefe >> <http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alex-jones-releases-megyn-kelly-audio-online-nbc-broadcast-1014095> >> >> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:27 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 6:03 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 2:59 PM, Bob Jersey <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Steve Timko, to Mark J, Tom W, and Kevin, in part, today (13): >>>>>> >>>>>> Megyn Kelly dropped as host of Sandy Hook event. One advertiser pulls >>>>>> NBC ads. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Mr Bezos' paywall is clamming shut on me... Variety >>>>> <http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/megyn-kelly-statement-alex-jones-interview-backlash-sandy-hook-1202464149/> >>>>> (link) -- like a separate piece in the Bleep* -- has Kelly's statement >>>>> that >>>>> she's just as shocked as anyone about Jones' apparent cred with Trump and >>>>> others, and that her intent was, in fact, to impugn... >>>>> >>>> >>>> You misread her statement. She said her intent was to "shine a light," >>>> not impugn. It looks like her idea of shining a light is to have a sit down >>>> interview with him. Even if she asks tough questions, he can just deflect >>>> them and claim not to be a news source. He can say that anybody who >>>> considers him a news source is mistaken but that's on his listeners, not >>>> him. The way to do a news story about someone like this is to talk about >>>> the damage he causes and talk to people who have been hurt, like Sandy Hook >>>> parents. Then bring him on at the end to hold him accountable. >>>> >>> >>> More advertisers are pulling out of the Kelly show. Most of them are >>> local, refusing to advertise on local NBC stations. >>> >>> >>> http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/13/media/megyn-kelly-alex-jones-advertisers/index.html >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... 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