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The Globe breaks the news: Some people hate some celebrities
By adamg on Mon, 02/02/2009 - 1:30pm
Why, some people even express their feelings online now:
... On the Internet, people freely express their feelings of love or hate for people such as Kardashian, Hasselbeck, or President Barack Obama and things such as Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" video. ...
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Just don't say that name
Please don't mention the name that starts a thousand flame wars. (Rachael Ray). Damn! Who said that?
I hate that woman
I hate that woman
On the Internet?
Somebody alert the Globe!
Dont worry, they are on my
Dont worry, they are on my press release list.
Ignatius J. Reilly! Izzat
Ignatius J. Reilly! Izzat you?!
That was the first person I
That was the first person I thought of when I read this!
Say it with me: Worst... article...
ever.
I'm imagining...
...a writer hearing people criticizing the entire 'journalistic' practice of celebrity 'news,' and the writer thinking, "Oh, those people must be those celebrity haters I heard about, tee-hee."
http://www.universalhub.com/node/23034#comment-71086
Baby, we be hatin' the game, not the playa's.
I dare news organizations to try to do celebrity 'news' like real journalism. Name sources, expose manipulations of the news by publicists and agents, provide counterpoints, follow up on falsehoods, investigate, analyze, explain, be objective. Then give the story the placement it deserves, relative to its actual significance and the public good, which usually means the wastebasket.
No way!
People either like or don't like celebrities? Next thing you know, the weathermen are going to tell me it's either going to snow or not snow tomorrow!
The Celtics either won or lost in the last game they played!
Stop the presses! Traffic was either bad or good in spots yesterday too!
Boston Globe seems to be on a Facebook kick
It feels like they have a new article involving that web site every few days for the past month.
This must be State the Obvious Month at NY Times Co.
Lissa Harris points us to this groundbreaking article in the Worcester Telegram:
New article needed
I'd like to see an article about why people on blogs love to criticize newspapers so much - even though so many of their blogs are written about them.
This is just a light article in the "Living" sort of section of the paper, which might, just possibly, be read by people who don't read blogs, (and don't know everything) and who might like it.
I know, I know, it's not a seriously researched and reported article, and everyone who's cool should already know all of what it says.
two words: opportunity cost
There's not all that much space in a newspaper. Stories compete with each other.
Sure, it can't all be the latest news from the front in Iraq or budget analysis or what have you; there ought to be some lighter fare in there too. But pointless fluff takes space and money and reporter-hours away from actual news...and solid arts coverage, and decent columnists, and meaningful cultural commentary, etc., all that good (and, alas, expensive) stuff that properly belongs in a newspaper, and that keeps people picking it up.
The Globe's in dire straits. Filling the newspaper with "Guess What? There's People On the Internets!" is cheap and easy and doesn't offend advertisers and probably generates web hits, but it's kind of like eating 500 pieces of candy because you're starving to death. It won't do you any favors in the long run.
Not to blame the total collapse of the newspaper industry on one story by Vanessa Jones or anything.
One Random Internet Wanker's Perspective
I, for one, see journalism as an essential function and often a noble pursuit.
I love good journalism, and even appreciate the value of mediocre journalism.
Much of what has happened, and is happening, to journalism in the US is shocking. Some major outlets are operating at the same level as Soviet-era Pravda. It seems that a large percentage of the population is not learning even minimal critical-thinking skills, and that they've been fed so much crap and told it's news that they wouldn't recognize good journalism even if they saw it.
So, I occasionally latch onto news outlets that seem mostly good, and try to do my part to shape them into the pure-of-heart dragon-slayers I think they should be. They actually know the right thing to do -- they all learned it in J-school. They just need to know that the right thing is actually appreciated, and to not be too cynical about their audience.
bingo
"They just need to know that the right thing is actually appreciated, and to not be too cynical about their audience."
Yes to that. Sort of the opposite of the H.L. Mencken* attitude that seems to prevail in the business.
*"No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public."**
**Though Mencken himself was a hell of a lot more brain-exercising to read than anything in "g."
Here's a Story Lead for Globe Reporters!
Did you know that people who swim get wet?
Some people express it in
Some people express it in person:
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I like Matt Cassel, I think
I like Matt Cassel, I think he did better then expected and Im down with that. Not like that witch Rachal Ray , 30 minutes, yeah thats why your food tastes aweful lady!