8 Year Olds Playing Soccer
So summed up by John Stewart this evening on the Daily Show.
"The media are like 8 year olds playing soccer, they don't know positions and they're just like 'BALL PHOOMPH!' and the ball squirts away and they're like 'Oh! BALL PHOOMPH!'"
Case in point, this clip of a Wolf Blitzer quote stating that the people of NOLA are "so poor, and so black".
It's so easy any more to slip up and commit career suicide. One small misplaced word or phrase and a long, distinguished career can be tarnished. Sometimes I think most 24 hour media outlets would be better served by handing over their entire programming to the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, or some other appropriate charity during times of crisis.
One thing I might add is that I really don't like the way mistakes like this are treated in the blogosphere. Regardless of whether it's Wolf Blitzer, Trent Lott, or Mother Theresa. A person's entire body of work should be judged just so - in its entirety - regardless if you agree with that person's politics.
So please pass along with care. There are so many people trying so hard to maintain the best, most exciting coverage, they're all bound to make fools of themselves at some point. We'll probably be next.
"The media are like 8 year olds playing soccer, they don't know positions and they're just like 'BALL PHOOMPH!' and the ball squirts away and they're like 'Oh! BALL PHOOMPH!'"
Case in point, this clip of a Wolf Blitzer quote stating that the people of NOLA are "so poor, and so black".
It's so easy any more to slip up and commit career suicide. One small misplaced word or phrase and a long, distinguished career can be tarnished. Sometimes I think most 24 hour media outlets would be better served by handing over their entire programming to the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, or some other appropriate charity during times of crisis.
One thing I might add is that I really don't like the way mistakes like this are treated in the blogosphere. Regardless of whether it's Wolf Blitzer, Trent Lott, or Mother Theresa. A person's entire body of work should be judged just so - in its entirety - regardless if you agree with that person's politics.
So please pass along with care. There are so many people trying so hard to maintain the best, most exciting coverage, they're all bound to make fools of themselves at some point. We'll probably be next.
posted by [meen kyolë] at 11:09 PM
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