April 23, 2008
The Big Yawn
The LA Times demonstrates that the Barstow article about ________ (government propaganda or journalistic corruption–take your pick) suffered from bad kairos. But even good timing wouldn’t have overcome two important reasons why this story failed to sprout legs: 1) apparently, Americans expect such nonsense, and 2) TV news ain’t going to criticize itself in any fundamental way (tends to point out how poorly it serves the public interest).
Tags: journalism, rhetoric, politics
Posted by acline | April 23, 2008 | Posted in: Journalism | Comments (2)
Collins’ argument appears rather weak to me. He seems to be saying the story failed because it didn’t penetrate the Washington newsbabbler bubble – the same newsbabblers who were stupid or cynical enough to caught up in the pysops program in the first place.
And “Seemed a nonstarter on the blogosphere?” There are ways to check that thesis.
Sven… Yes. That’s why I like my #2 reason
Wait… check a thesis? Get data? You’re kidding, right? 