Comments on: Or Maybe It’s Their Tabloid-Like Headlines… http://www.schadenfreude.net/2009/04/02/or-maybe-its-their-tabloid-like-headlines.php Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:53:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: kjones1997http://www.schadenfreude.net/2009/04/02/or-maybe-its-their-tabloid-like-headlines.php/comment-page-1#comment-13478 kjones1997 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:15:00 +0000 http://www.schadenfreude.net/?p=18327#comment-13478 I am considering a new career in local politics at a non-NFL city. Because it is clear that there will be no journalistic watchdog to ask any questions while I loot the park district fund .I poke fun at Chuck Goudy's incessant "investigative" reports on 90-year old mob bosses who are incontinent or dead. But at least Chicago has a reporters. Some of these smaller cities get pork-belly prices, the weather, sports, and a program-ending feel-good story that they buy from a syndication service. I am considering a new career in local politics at a non-NFL city. Because it is clear that there will be no journalistic watchdog to ask any questions while I loot the park district fund .

I poke fun at Chuck Goudy’s incessant “investigative” reports on 90-year old mob bosses who are incontinent or dead. But at least Chicago has a reporters. Some of these smaller cities get pork-belly prices, the weather, sports, and a program-ending feel-good story that they buy from a syndication service.

]]> By: Kate Jameshttp://www.schadenfreude.net/2009/04/02/or-maybe-its-their-tabloid-like-headlines.php/comment-page-1#comment-13468 Kate James Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:03:39 +0000 http://www.schadenfreude.net/?p=18327#comment-13468 Yeah! Ken! Those Indianapolis reporters need to remember that we are counting on them to ask the tough questions, like . "How extreme will this home makeover be?!?!"I've always been a big fan of the local Chicago news covering the events at which they were asked to present/speak. "Our own Jerry Taft stopped by the Kids with Cancer Marathon this weekend to present a Golden Apple to the Latino Chicago Public School winner." Yeah! Ken! Those Indianapolis reporters need to remember that we are counting on them to ask the tough questions, like . “How extreme will this home makeover be?!?!”

I’ve always been a big fan of the local Chicago news covering the events at which they were asked to present/speak. “Our own Jerry Taft stopped by the Kids with Cancer Marathon this weekend to present a Golden Apple to the Latino Chicago Public School winner.”

]]> By: Justinhttp://www.schadenfreude.net/2009/04/02/or-maybe-its-their-tabloid-like-headlines.php/comment-page-1#comment-13465 Justin Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:40:23 +0000 http://www.schadenfreude.net/?p=18327#comment-13465 Hell yeah. Well said. We're screwed when the aggregate sites can't get any content so they just link to commercials. How fun will that be! Hell yeah. Well said. We’re screwed when the aggregate sites can’t get any content so they just link to commercials. How fun will that be!

]]> By: kjones1997http://www.schadenfreude.net/2009/04/02/or-maybe-its-their-tabloid-like-headlines.php/comment-page-1#comment-13463 kjones1997 Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:12:19 +0000 http://www.schadenfreude.net/?p=18327#comment-13463 Anecdote from a visit to Indianapolis this weekend: Lots of empty billboards between Chicago and Indy. Then on the 11PM news for local ABC, the lead story was how ABC's own Extreme Home Makeover was coming to town. Not only was this the lead story - it went on for 10 minutes. 10 friggin minutes!!??!!! Then they went to commercial break. There was one Ford commercial. And then 5 successive commericals about the "News Team". "Weather Storm Watch Crew is the best in Indiana!" Stuff like that. But no revenue-generating commercials. They returned to broadcast some news about a bank robbery - complete with footage from the police. In other words, ABC had only one crew and they were covering Extreme Home Makeover (e.g. themselves). We are in for a world of hurt when our journalistic watchdogs have turned into synergistic self-promoters with no skills to ask the tough questions. Anecdote from a visit to Indianapolis this weekend: Lots of empty billboards between Chicago and Indy. Then on the 11PM news for local ABC, the lead story was how ABC’s own Extreme Home Makeover was coming to town. Not only was this the lead story – it went on for 10 minutes. 10 friggin minutes!!??!!! Then they went to commercial break.
There was one Ford commercial. And then 5 successive commericals about the “News Team”. “Weather Storm Watch Crew is the best in Indiana!” Stuff like that. But no revenue-generating commercials.
They returned to broadcast some news about a bank robbery – complete with footage from the police. In other words, ABC had only one crew and they were covering Extreme Home Makeover (e.g. themselves).
We are in for a world of hurt when our journalistic watchdogs have turned into synergistic self-promoters with no skills to ask the tough questions.

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