Comments on: Every Man an Anchor on the Goodship Palin

By: Daily Feeds « Brave New World

Daily Feeds « Brave New World — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:39:53 +0000

[...] Every man an anchor on the goodship Palin (Julian Sanchez) [...]

By: Weekend link dump for November 29 – Off the Kuff

Weekend link dump for November 29 – Off the Kuff — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:54:07 +0000

[...] Welcome aboard the Goodship Palin. [...]

By: Mel Baker

Mel Baker — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:07:21 +0000

You hit the nail on the head.

I work as a newswriter in television and radio. We train a lot of interns and the question we all ask them is “what do you want to do?’

About half say they want to be a news anchor. At that point I say, “oh that’s nice” could you go grab this tape for me? I’m completely uninterested in helping them or giving advice. They want the glamour without becoming reporters who actually learn the story.

Most anchors in t.v. have been reporters (there are exceptions) the problem with many blogs is that people want the platform without the bother of having to gain a depth of understanding of the issues they are spouting off about, it’s all opinion and white noise.

Microjournalism by so-called “Citizen Journalists” can be valuable if it utilies the expertise of the person in question, but most of what we have is endless iterations of the same ideas from the most popular blogs and mainstream pundits.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:36:01 +0000

“At this rate I feel like 2012 may well be a three-way race between a LOLcat, Balloon Boy, and a hilarious YouTube of a masturbating chimp.”

I disagree. Its way too early to rule out the turtle who humps shoes.

By: Dom

Dom — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:52:51 +0000

” I want to believe the problem is the ol’ legacy media, still acting as lobotomized drum major for this unseemly spectacle, but if anything new media seem to be making it worse”

The biggest culprit is Andrew Sullivan.

By: The Rest of the Story § Unqualified Offerings

The Rest of the Story § Unqualified Offerings — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:47:35 +0000

[...] best example of The Blogosphere doing tangible good in the world, as opposed to winning points in ideological or party-political towel-snapping. Posted by Jim Henley @ 8:39 am, Filed under: Main Comments (0) « « Some Kind of [...]

By: Dan Summers

Dan Summers — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:53:11 +0000

Fools. I have already festooned my car with “Masturbating Chimp 2012″ bumper stickers. We’ll see who’s laughing when I end up with a plum federal appointment.

By: Kevin Donovan

Kevin Donovan — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:51:29 +0000

You might be interested in danah boyd’s Web 2.0 Expo talk on the subject: http://bit.ly/6tS09z

By: In Which I, In My Own Small-Way, Exasperate the Problem « Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:02:50 +0000

[...] to Julian’s substantive analyses of copyright or privacy issues, but a Neil Postman-style screed about news cycles and masturbating chimps and Sarah Palin catches my attention: Culture war froth comes to the fore because it’s one thing we all feel [...]

By: Joe Miller

Joe Miller — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:37:46 +0000

This is a great post, Julian. My only quibble: a Jorge Luis Borges talk show on an M.C. Escher-owned cable channel would be way more awesome than CNN.