It was always a political appointment. What else could it be? Bari Weiss did not qualify for the job of running CBS News, except ideologically. Her appointment as Editor-in-Chief thus required conflict with the newsroom. Scott Macfarlane, I think, saw all of this, and drew the obvious conculsions.
According to @status.news, another senior journalist, reporter Scott Macfarlane, has quit CBS rather than head in the direction Bari Weiss wants to go. A big factor: the network's meek treatment of January 6th. www.status.news/p/scott-macf...
MacFarlane covered the Justice Department.
Thanks for asking.
I try to limit myself to the 3 or 4 subjects I know well.
Could be called that.
Thanks for posting this, Scott.
I deleted the earlier version of this post, because I mangled its presentation by brovidng the wrong screenshot. This is the corrected copy. 2/
As a professor of it, I once had to describe — in a single sentence — where authority originates in journalism.
Goes like this:
"I'm there, you're not, let me tell you about it."
In times of war it applies most www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7e3...
I elaborated here: pressthink.org/2012/03/im-t... 1/2
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I read something about that in their morning newsletter that was pretty detailed. I will tr to find it.
"Six Days of War, 10 Rationales." www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
This is useful. (But it should have included a short list for easy access."
I remember it well. That was a moment.
Thanks, Barbara. 😎
"Depends on who you talked to..."
Thanks, Alex. 😎
I screwed up the very last part, sorry. It should say...
To read more click the essay: pressthink.org/2012/03/im-t...
Entertainment is winning. Postman was right.
Entertainment is winning. Postman was right.
Thanks, John. That’s not mine, but I did spread the idea because I thought it was smart and user-friendly.
That’s what the “have (had)” part is doing.
In political journalism one load bearing assumption is that we have (had) two parties with different ideologies that operate in similar ways and compete at election time. Journalists sit in the middle and observe the action. It’s a symmetric model that thinks for them. Of course it’s cracking now.
It was always a political apointment. What else could it be? Bari Weiss did not qualify for the job of running CBS, except ideologically. But that's not a newsroom virtue, it's normally treated as a vice. Thus the job she was appointed to requires conflict with the newsroom, via accusations of bias.
In my view, he is not thinking about that problem at all. There are no ideas there.
The very few things he has said about it are kindergarden-level, except that he is high on owning CNN and CBS, he wants them to remain independent, he wants them to be trusted, and he's aiming for the middle.
Very heavy. The debt story is the most underplayed in the coverage that I see every day.
Most observers would say that "political" in this context primarily means pleasing an audience of one.
There is no evidence that the appointment of Bari Weiss is winning elections, although you could say that the dismantling of CBS News helps the GOP.
Oliver Darcy comments on new mogul man David Ellison.
"His well-rehearsed talking points are, really, meaningless platitudes. Every news organization wants to be in the 'trust business.' Every news organization wants to be in the 'truth business.'"
There are reasons why the trust is gone.
Understood. 😎
Agreed.
Oliver Darcy comments on new mogul man David Ellison.
"His well-rehearsed talking points are, really, meaningless platitudes. Every news organization wants to be in the 'trust business.' Every news organization wants to be in the 'truth business.'"
There are reasons why the trust is gone.
