While we here at TV Squad are loathe to use the words "blogs" and "boring" in the same sentence, Dana Stevens over at Slate might have a point. She's talking about the blog segments that shows such as MSNBC's Connected and CNN's Inside Blogs have added to their daytime lineup. Now, I was on MSNBC's Connected recently talking about something in this blog, so I'm all for it. But it is a little odd to have a television show talk about what's happening in a blog online. Then again, Aaron Brown has his "tomorrow's news" segment where he holds up newspapers at the end of his show to tell viewers what's in the papers the next day, so what's the difference? I do like what Stevens said about the phrase "Let's see what the bloggers have to say!" being translated as "Let's see what the first blogger we found on Technorati has to inarticulately scribble." Heh.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
Underdog said...
Dan Rather summed up all this by showing his disgust for people who report news in their pj's. Certain people are just "upset" that there's a new media that is doing more than putting teeth holes in their on-air careers. So if viewing blog posts on the air is so distressing, why are they doing it? So someone can creatively insult the concept? So we can have a war of words?
Eh! We're not boring. It's all about entertainment and who can dish it out FIRST! Of course the scoop they're flinging to the finish line needs to be :::::::accurate::::::::: which is why I like to stay away from "facts" and concentrate on other topics of blog worthiness. There are plenty of journalistic predators out there prepared to stalk and hunt down the facts and present them anyway they want. That's why I like the entertainment aspect of what happens when they accidentally leave pertient evidence on the carcass for the rest of us to chow down on.
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6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
Ed said...
There's some crazy recursion going on in this post. Blogging about TV that talks about blogging (including TV Squad)
Honestly, the great thing is that blogging has created more variety in the ways people get information
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6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
B said...
Actually, it's blogging about a tv show that's reporting about tv shows reporting on blogging, which are reporting on tv shows. Ow, now my head hurts.
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6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
Man said...
Blogs are not news, not yet. I remember when TV just came out and they started to do news stories people thought they were awful and swore that print will never be replaced.
Don't get me started on when radio first came out now that was the cat's meow.
Reading a blog on air is not the problem finding good ones like this might just be.
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6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
evilelvis said...
Blogging about a show that disses blogs about shows [shades of infinity mirrors anyone?]
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6-16-2005 @ 4:18PM
Zach said...
The moment a newscaster uses internet shorthand on air, I will believe that blogs are a legitimate form of news. Then I will put a gun in my mouth.
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6-21-2005 @ 2:12PM
Morgan at Spot Cost said...
Blogs are every bit as legitimate a source of news as the networks, and much, much easier to see through if they're wrong. TV news is just a one way street, one person talking at you, whereas if a blog writer is wrong you can respond, they can correct themselves, etc.
I think it would be interesting if instead of commenting on blogs, some of the news shows had the guts to have a companion blog where they throw in all their source material for their stories, and let people comment on them directly. It would go a long way toward rebuilding their credibility.
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