Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread Adam Bowie
Well there are lies, damned lies, etc. So who knows what particular measure of what particular demographic she might be talking about. And I do think that she was regarded well at ITV News. But that line did jar with me. On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 5:34 PM, PGage wrote: > On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:44

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread PGage
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Adam Bowie wrote: > I tend to agree that without at least some unattributable quotes, you're > only getting a very one-sided part of the story. Yes, rely on them too > much, and you might just be reflecting those who have a bone to pick with > Williams. It then bec

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread Adam Bowie
I tend to agree that without at least some unattributable quotes, you're only getting a very one-sided part of the story. Yes, rely on them too much, and you might just be reflecting those who have a bone to pick with Williams. It then becomes a question of do I trust the writer? Did they go around

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread K.M. Richards
On Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 10:22:22 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I refuse to pay any credence to blind quotes anymore. And any journalist > who bases an article on them (I'm working my way through this one and am > underimpressed so far) is an abysmal failure in my estimation. > > In ad

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread Tom Wolper
On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 11:15 AM, PGage wrote: > I don't disagree with you in principle, though the quotes you supply are > not meaningless because they are blind, but because they are, for the most > part, meaningless. The main problem with a story based on anonymous quotes > is that it allows pe

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-09 Thread PGage
I don't disagree with you in principle, though the quotes you supply are not meaningless because they are blind, but because they are, for the most part, meaningless. The main problem with a story based on anonymous quotes is that it allows people to air their gripes to add their own spin to a stor

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-08 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 8:44 PM, PGage wrote: > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > >> I haven't read the "long article," but does it actually include named >> sources, or just pedantic complaints from anonymous nobodys? >> >> >> > As I gather from Kevin's comments is he, I am also

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-08 Thread PGage
On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:52 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > I haven't read the "long article," but does it actually include named > sources, or just pedantic complaints from anonymous nobodys? > > On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > >> Gabriel Sherman wrote a long article >>

Re: [TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-08 Thread Kevin M.
I haven't read the "long article," but does it actually include named sources, or just pedantic complaints from anonymous nobodys? On Sun, Mar 8, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Tom Wolper wrote: > Gabriel Sherman wrote a long article >

[TV orNotTV] Big NY Magazine article on NBC News

2015-03-08 Thread Tom Wolper
Gabriel Sherman wrote a long article (link) about the chaos going on at NBC News even before the latest mess with Brian Williams. I will confess to not yet reading the article but I did see a link to it with