For now, I think I have to come down on the side of Phil Balboni in this. In the "Beat the Press" post, the distinction was made between "performing" journalism, and being a journalist. Dictionary definitions, aside, I believe that being a … [Read more...]
Bloggers as journalists — or playing them on TV
I've been mulling last night's Beat the Press story about our being tossed out of the NECN debate. And one of the things that continues to puzzle me is the attitude of Phil Balboni, the president of NECN. Here's what he had to … [Read more...]
Beat the Press update
As promised, Beat the Press tonight did a segment on NECN's decision, at the Ogo campaign's request, to evict us from the TV studio at the MA-05 debate last week. Here are my recollections from watching it -- I'll post video when it's … [Read more...]
Emily Rooney’s Hug the Press, HRC Debate
Let's look at the past two shows. Getting back on the subject of HRC's forum, it's a grand case of discussing an interesting - and important - subject (do we have too many debates? Is that good for America?), without providing any of the … [Read more...]
Greater Boston’s on right now: Press Admits Defeat?
Hey, maybe the whole blogger-kerfuffle will boost their ratings. Anyway, check out 'GBH @ 7pm and see if they show David in his most orc-ish light -- again. Thanks to Jay for the image.UPDATE: Fine, it's over. Our long national nightmare … [Read more...]