Comments on: Not Ted Koppel’s Nightline By A Long Shot http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: News Reference http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-164022 News Reference Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:56:42 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-164022 Despite the "Main Stream Media's" failures <b>there has been a <i>lot</i> of good journalism that came out of the "MSM".</b> I love the NYT and WaPo and especially http://McClatchyDC.com And "serious journalism" is something that comes from a lot of different sources. I consider http://MediaMatters.org to be "serious journalism". I consider http://TalkingPointsMemo.com excellent advocacy journalism. And many bloggers are fantastic opinion journalists: <a href="http://salon.com/opinion/greenwald" rel="nofollow">Glen Greenwald</a>, <a href="http://WashingtonMonthly.com" rel="nofollow">Steve Benen</a>, the folk at http://FireDogLake.com "Journalism" is about informing people about what is true and while truth-speakers may not have the loudest megaphones, there is still a lot of them and they are still screaming as loud as they can. Despite the “Main Stream Media’s” failures there has been a lot of good journalism that came out of the “MSM”.

I love the NYT and WaPo and especially http://McClatchyDC.com

And “serious journalism” is something that comes from a lot of different sources.

I consider http://MediaMatters.org to be “serious journalism”.

I consider http://TalkingPointsMemo.com excellent advocacy journalism.

And many bloggers are fantastic opinion journalists:

Glen Greenwald, Steve Benen, the folk at http://FireDogLake.com

“Journalism” is about informing people about what is true and while truth-speakers may not have the loudest megaphones, there is still a lot of them and they are still screaming as loud as they can.

]]> By: mark http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-163913 mark Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:47:01 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-163913 The piece referencd above was not on Nightline, it was on a magazine show. The piece referencd above was not on Nightline, it was on a magazine show.

]]> By: jrfunkenstein http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-163689 jrfunkenstein Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:53:34 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-163689 Not only is serious journalism dead, it seems to be in the midst of an extended embalming process. The night Jon Stewart told Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala to 'stop hurting America' on CNN's Crossfire, he was officially announcing that the once stalwart program had jumped the shark. I believe it was a day later that the 20+ year old show was cancelled. Not only is serious journalism dead, it seems to be in the midst of an extended embalming process.

The night Jon Stewart told Tucker Carlson and Paul Begala to ‘stop hurting America’ on CNN’s Crossfire, he was officially announcing that the once stalwart program had jumped the shark.

I believe it was a day later that the 20+ year old show was cancelled.

]]> By: News Reference http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-163647 News Reference Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:06:45 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-163647 Journalism is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbSQ6O6kbs" rel="nofollow">"not dead."</a> Journalism is horribly ill, yes, sickly, commercially motivated and confused with trying to be entertainment, yes, but it's not dead. (Yet.) "I don't want to go on the cart!" Journalism is “not dead.”

Journalism is horribly ill, yes, sickly, commercially motivated and confused with trying to be entertainment, yes, but it’s not dead. (Yet.)

“I don’t want to go on the cart!”

]]> By: Sexy date rape segment is ready for Primetime « Peoria Pundit http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-163637 Sexy date rape segment is ready for Primetime « Peoria Pundit Thu, 16 Jul 2009 23:03:38 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-163637 [...] Hat tip, Oliver Willis. [...] [...] Hat tip, Oliver Willis. [...]

]]> By: Rudy http://www.oliverwillis.com/2009/07/16/not-ted-koppels-nightline-by-a-long-shot/#comment-163634 Rudy Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:55:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/?p=15518#comment-163634 Serious journalism in America is dead (at least in the mainstream). Has been for a long time. Serious journalism in America is dead (at least in the mainstream). Has been for a long time.

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