tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359102.post6676973208582314169..comments2023-08-01T10:37:57.386-05:00Comments on Eclectica by William J Reynolds: And Where Was the News?William J Reynoldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03902278111823548626noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359102.post-36095295709968120482011-05-02T10:24:12.507-05:002011-05-02T10:24:12.507-05:00The spontaneous demonstrations in front of the Whi...The spontaneous demonstrations in front of the White House were news, though. CBS, at least, saw fit to <i>tell</i> us that they were happening (after, as I mentioned, Twitter had already done so...I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if the news crew relied on Twitter to tell them what was going on right outside of the building <i>they were reporting from</i>)--but there were no pictures. I suspect the reason has more to do with slashed budgets for newsgathering organizations than anything else. It probably just cost too much to have another crew on the scene to report on what was going on outside as well. (At least until about 11:15 p.m. CDT, when I shut it off for the night.)William J Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902278111823548626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7359102.post-53536093500806010362011-05-02T09:00:31.910-05:002011-05-02T09:00:31.910-05:00I had the feeling that the news folks were more co...I had the feeling that the news folks were more concerned about accuracy than scooping the competition. It was strange to hear first from Twitter, as I did also, but when the president kept the reporters waiting an hour, they seemed paralyzed, thinking there might be some doubt or change in message. Showing premature excitement and joy, if it had turned out that a lot of American lives had been lost...made them nervous. Or maybe I'm making excuses for them!Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03413512711009018301noreply@blogger.com