"Tabloid journalists have been asking those kinds of questions where you're only interested in the response and not the answer since the 1700's. Are those the kind of people you as a 'new media' 'citizen journalist' want to be grouped with? This is about being a decent human being, not about 'we get to make our own fucking rules rar rar'."
I really resent being called "a tabloid journalist". I wasn't looking for a "shock reaction". I was asking a question that preyed on my mind all night. Cavett was popular in the early 1970s. He was balding a bit even then and I thought of him as being in his forties. This was not some "random question"! It was a genuine question I was dying to hear the answer to. I think "new media" should have the guts to ask the "politically incorrect" question: "Mr. Bush, does it bother you that you have caused thousands of people to die?" That's the kind of question this "asshole with a camera" thinks should be asked. I was being very gentle with Cavett. I've always admired him. In case no one noticed, he was "the star" of this last vlog. I loved his story about Native Americans. I'm one of his fans, not one of his enemies. Randolfe (Randy) Wicker Videographer, Writer, Activist Advisor: The Immortality Institute Hoboken, NJ http://www.randywickerreporting.blogspot.com/ 201-656-3280 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <videoblogging@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 5:24 PM Subject: Re: [videoblogging] "How Old is Dick Cavett?" > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 22:59:05 +0100, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen wrote: >>> >>> What's the deal here? You walk up to a guy after some presentation and >>> ask >>> some completely random question that isn't related to what he was >>> talking >>> about. I would be pretty annoyed by that too. He even answered your >>> question with a wink in his eye. >> >> It's breaking the rules! Sure, old media might have guidelines about how >> to conduct an interview or ask questions, but does new media have to? > > Tabloid journalists have been asking those kinds of questions where you're > only interested in the response and not the answer since the 1700's. Are > those the kind of people you as a 'new media' 'citizen journalist' want to > be grouped with? This is about being a decent human being, not about 'we > get to make our own fucking rules rar rar'. > > - Andreas > -- > <URL:http://www.solitude.dk/> > Commentary on media, communication, culture and technology. > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
