Everyone’s Got Something to Sell
By DH on Apr 9, 2008 in News Media, Personal notes
I switched on the TV this morning only to see Phil Donahue on a cable news/talk show slamming America’s stance in Iraq. I thought, how odd to hear Donahue, who is no expert on the subject, making such statements. Then, I learned that he is promoting his involvement in a movie that criticizes the war.
Then, Bernard Goldberg, an expert on little, came on to yack about Democrats and Republicans, and why? To promote his new book.
On Sunday’s CBS “60 Minutes,” a former hard-hitting news show, there was Douglas Feith, a former Pentagon civilian executive who promoted the war in Iraq. Feith was saying that if they’d listened to him, everything would be rosy in Iraq. First, that’s outrageously untrue. But, why was he on “60 Minutes?” To promote his new book. “60 Minutes,” by the way, has turned into a weak former news program.
Last week, there was a panel discussion on Jim Lehrer’s NewsHour on PBS about the controversy over Barak Obama and his former pastor, and the loudest voice was a minister who … well, you guessed it. He promoted his new book in every other sentence he spoke.
Principles … ethics … integrity … true intelligence. Push ‘em aside and sell something.
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On Apr 9, 2008, Eric Mondschein said:
Just curious, but is there a connection between the publishing houses and the networks? “Principles … ethics … integrity … true intelligence”? I am afraid what with the scandals at the New York Times, CNN and CBS, but to name just a few, they are no longer part of the news business anymore.