All Entries Tagged With: "media"
It’s Called … Work
I got into a discussion the other day with a friend over which group is lazier – mainstream media, bloggers or public relations people. The subject came up because he remarked, rather accurately, how easy it is today to spoon-feed the media with information that they will use, without question. While mainstream media has gotten [...]
Die Press Release!!!
A friend was telling me today about a conference she has just attended that brought together a large group of public relations people with a smaller group of working journalists. The discussion had centered, as it often does at such sessions, on what journalists really need in today’s demanding media world, and the merits of [...]
Wall-E for President
I was watching CBS Face the Nation this morning and veteran newsman Bob Schieffer who kept using the phrase, “flip-flop,” to describe a politician who seems to change his mind. Schieffer should know better than to repeatedly pick up on such simple-minded politicking jargon. Heck, everyone changes his or her mind. The origins of the [...]
