- Location
- Milwaukee, WI USA
- Name
- Luke
this search for the second bomber makes for some riveting morning TV, but the live coverage seems to me to compromise the effectiveness. Hopefully there will be no more loss of life in all of this.
I've been in broadcast journalist since 1973. And while I realize mistakes can be made, I just have to shake my head at the amount of mistakes made throughout the media lately - most as a result of the unrelenting pressure to be first.
maniacs - the world is now full of them
I've been in broadcast journalist since 1973. And while I realize mistakes can be made, I just have to shake my head at the amount of mistakes made throughout the media lately - most as a result of the unrelenting pressure to be first.
Yup, and the intense financial pressure for these news organizations to sustain themselves with advertising. Being second with the breaking story is likely worth millions of dollars of future advertising revenue. Being first but wrong is probably better financially.
Until they get sued out of existence like the British tabloid that I cannot remember the name of right now.
Some of these organization have really sunk to a level of news worthiness and credibility that has all the signs of max profit and cost cutting as well.. I look at my local newspaper and a lot of their stuff is from ap news and what they write themselves is not well edited nor well written. That same newspaper used to have some really meat and grit in their coverage back in the 90s and early 2000s.. But definitely not now.
So sad
Gary