December 22, 2004
Alien Gets CBS Anchor Spot!…
What is a “tabloid“? It is a odd combination of two things: the size of a newspaper page and its sensational contents. To say “let’s change our format to tabloid” is to say “let make the paper smaller and run photos of half-naked women.” It’s right there in the denotation. We don’t have to add a pathetic connotation.
That said, I think it would be a good idea for many American newspapers to choose the tabloid format if not the “typical” contents. And, really, there are many examples of quality journalism reproduced in this size.
The broadsheet is cumbersome, although I like it on Sundays when I’m planted for a couple of dedicated hours of reading.
Posted by acline | December 22, 2004 | Posted in: Main |
This post is right on time. Information/distribution in the hands of a few is detrimental to society and the historical record–something I learned during my studies at SMSU. Papers ARE tabloids, whether they admit it or not. Choosing the tabloid format would at least represent ‘acceptance’ of where and what the paper truly is. It would be a step forward for traditional media, and perhaps a step out for the real journalists.
Those days of a few driving public opinion in print are passing, placing journalists in a position to re-examine their role and their legitimacy as it relates to their mission and their principles.
BTW, I’ve been needing to connect with my Alma Mater. I created a Political Theory Degree program at SMS, and have continued building the project on/off the Web since. Reconnecting through this blog has made this graduate’s day.
An alien already has the ABC anchor spot. Why not one for CBS?
Charles… I’ve corrected the ambiguity on the post
Tara Sue… Hello, and welcome to Rhetorica. Where are you now?
I’m on the Web, google Tara Sue. For the last few years been in the firestorm, fanning the flames from Greensboro, North Carolina . . . “Showing” how it’s done . . .so to speak. Much inspired by the Bartees, Curtis Lawrence, Dana Carroll, Denny Pilant, Simones, and many others . . .
I’ve been building upon the foundation of my unique SMSU education. Ran the first political weblog driven campaign in 2002, thanks to the help of the blogosphere and Web leadership. This one issue candidacy led to another campaign for Creative Industry Development last year here in Greensboro—a perfect setting for the initiative.
I’m looking forward to bringing my scholarly investments home to SMSU once my “thesis” is completed. It’s a pleasure to be trolling across the Greensboro blog business to find you and SMSU. Feel like I’m home.
Are the starlings still giving the campus hell?
Ambiguity in headlines is a constant source of entertainment. Take this grim example, “OHSU gets funding to help torture victims”