[Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA

[Steele, Mike]

Hoss...good points here.  In a former life, I used to teach journalism;
the texts always had a chapter or more on ethics.  One of the classical
"problems" was the matter of the reporter/photographer who happens upon
a train wreck, with injured people everywhere, many still in the train
cars, with fire threatening to break out.  Notice...not electronic
media.  Anyway, what does the good reporter do?  Help the people?  Save
the ones threatened by fire?  Or start writing the story or take the
pictures?

We should never, ever forget that newspapers, magazines, and electronic
media _all_ exist primarily to sell advertising space or guarantee
advertisers market share.  The actual news is secondary to the bottom
line.  Whatever enhances the bottom line will be deemed newsworthy.

The poor chap who was doing the radio broadcast of the landing of the
Hindenburg in 1937, who broke down and started sobbing as the airship
disintegrated, crying out, "Oh, the humanity!"--was fired the next day.

--Mike



-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Allen Warren
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 12:19 PM
To: Forest Grove local interests list
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA

Right, wrong or otherwise, the News Media is constantly looking to have
"exclusive" information, "scooping" the competition to be the first and
if possible, the ONLY source of information.  When the package arrived
on NBC's doorstep I can only guess the euphoria racing through the
company as they realized what an incredible story they and ONLY they
had.  Their collective hands must have been shaking from the pure
adrenalin rush.  But I wonder if any one individual thought, "Is there a
down-side to airing any or all of the video?"

In a similar vein of the media wanting to get "exclusive" information, I
read an article in this week's edition of Sports Illustrated I received
yesterday about the Rutgers women's basketball team and how they were
being followed and hounded everywhere they went during the days between
Don Imus' derogatory comments and the press conference held by the coach
and team after meeting with Imus.  The Rutgers coach made it a point at
the beginning of the press conference to chastise the media by asking
(paraphrasing), "Where were all of you when the team was doing good
things on the court?"

Just as in any occupation or industry, there is an extreme.  I believe
we're seeing an extreme in the News Media, where ratings and money
appear to be trampling caution and responsibility.

I wonder what someone like Walter Conkrite thinks about all this?
 
Allen Warren


----- Original Message ----
From: "Steele, Mike" <steelem at pacificu.edu>
To: Forest Grove local interests list <grovenet at rdrop.com>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:48:24 AM
Subject: Re: [Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA


Hoss...I share some of your concerns.  The first thing that struck me
when NBC aired snippets of the killer's press kit was that this will now
be everywhere...on all the Internet sites where kids hang out, on the
morbid sites, anywhere...world wide.  It will metastasize infinitely.
Is this desirable?  I think not.  Did the NBC personnel involved
consider that...or did ratings drive their decision?  Their ratings were
sky high that night...which also says something--I don't know
what--about the viewing public.

--Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com] On
Behalf Of Alan L Domenghini
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 11:43 AM
To: GroveNet at rdrop.com
Subject: [Grovenet] Hosstyle Disdain for the NEWS MEDIA

If what I'm about to say offends anyone, which includes anyone from the
media, then I shall relay on the first amendment of The Constitution of
the United States.         

In light of Va. Tech Disaster
An article in this mornings Oregonian says "Experts see Cho as textbook
killer", ad the inset says "Campuses hit by rash of threats, scares"
It has been my experience over the years both in Law Enforcement, and
now in Private Life that shortly after these types of articles air, all
of the nut case start doing the same thing.  Look at what happened
shortly after Columbine High School, and Springfield, Or.
I am wondering just how prepared the schools in our area are if this
should happen.  I think what worries me more is that some RedNeck will
grab a gun and go to wherever this might happen, and make things worse.
I saw this happen once while dressed in blue in my home town, but this
is another tale for another time.

~alan~ as "Mr Bliss" always states at the end of his posts "Speaking
Only For Myself~ Hoss
By the Bye ... I expect some sart butt will say "Hoss your life ain't
never been private"


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