Media screws up again...

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Okay. I'm sure you know all about it.

You're right.

LOL! So, where did you get all this knowledge? I mean, if my Pulitzer
Prize winning advisor and national writing awards don't qualify me to
comment about the media as much as you, I want my journalism education to be
as good as yours.

Enlighten us. Where did you get your media expertise? Let me guess. You
watch TV.

Biased journalists regularly receive journalism awards.

Won any yourself?

-c

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

More ad hominem attacks. Classy. Ya can't talk about a subject with
somebody who has a degree and management experience in the subject,
so you belitte my education and experience. I guess you know everything
about everything. Classic usenet trash.

Poor journalists are not born, they're created in journalism schools.

Strawman, but, entertain me. Which journalism schools? Can ya name any or
are you still talking out of your ass? Name a journalism school. Where'd
you learn about journalism? The internet?

Are you one of those guys that knows more than your doctor, flies better
than your airline pilot and knows you could fix your car better than your
mechanic, too?

-c

"Bill Denton" wrote in message news:40ce12e4$0$3044

"I am standing in front of a vast crater, approximately one mile across. I
cannot determine how deep it is, some type of smoke is wafting up from the
bottom. The crater is surrounded by large, unidentifiable, torn and broken
pieces of metal, each about four to five feet long and two or three feet
thick."

That is solid reporting. Now, if locals tell you they saw lights in the sky
and little green men running around, as they're prone to do in these kinds
of stories, it gets a little more complicated.

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
...

LOL! So, where did you get all this knowledge?


Here and there.



I mean, if my Pulitzer
Prize winning advisor and national writing awards don't qualify me to
comment about the media as much as you, I want my journalism education
to be as good as yours.


A worthy goal.



Enlighten us. Where did you get your media expertise? Let me guess. You
watch TV.


Some, sports and sci/fi mostly. I find TV to be a rather poor source of
information.



Won any yourself?


Oh, no. I lack the liberal bias required of award-winning journalism.

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Exactly. A good journalist stands in place of your eyes and ears and
describes the scene or event, unemotionally, because you can't be there.

....and has to deal with clueless flaks who know jack squat about what
journalists have to do in order to get that information, and even if they do
report well, be assured there are plenty of know-it-alls out there to
correct them and trash talk them anyway.

But good journalism doesn't sell newspapers or win awards.

Sure thing, Professor.

-c

"Steven P. McNicoll"

"gatt" wrote in message

I'm sure you know all about it because you read newspapers and
watch TV news and stuff, and it makes you an expert.

No, I know all about it because I seek out more reliable sources of
information.

You know "all about it." *cackle* Remember, Professor, that unless the
information comes from God Himself, it came to you through sources
collectively known as "the media."

By that logic, being a passenger on airlines makes passengers know more
about the aviation industry than pilots.

Bad analogy.

Oh, sure. Sure it is.

-c

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Perhaps, but most pilots don't fly for a living. Professional pilots as a
group are far better at their craft than professional journalists are at
theirs.

Cite a source. (Preferably one that could pass the entrance interview for
either industry.)

-c

"gatt" wrote in message
...

Strawman, but, entertain me. Which journalism schools? Can ya
name any or are you still talking out of your ass? Name a journalism
school.


Ehh? Are you saying journalists don't go to journalism school? Or are you
saying there are no poor journalists?



Where'd you learn about journalism? The internet?


Primarily by examining the work of journalists. Where'd you learn about it?



Are you one of those guys that knows more than your doctor, flies better
than your airline pilot and knows you could fix your car better than your
mechanic, too?


No, but I am one of those guys that understands what constitutes good
journalism.

"gatt" wrote in message
...

...and has to deal with clueless flaks who know jack squat about what
journalists have to do in order to get that information, and even if they
do
report well, be assured there are plenty of know-it-alls out there to
correct them and trash talk them anyway.


You just don't get it.

"gatt" wrote in message
...

"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message

Okay. I'm sure you know all about it.

You're right.

LOL! So, where did you get all this knowledge? I mean, if my Pulitzer
Prize winning advisor and national writing awards don't qualify me to
comment about the media as much as you, I want my journalism education to
be
as good as yours.

Enlighten us. Where did you get your media expertise? Let me guess. You
watch TV.

Biased journalists regularly receive journalism awards.

Won any yourself?

Didn't somebody not too long ago win one for a totally made up story?
Doesn't do much for the credability of the award.



-c