The copycat brush is smeared all over pop culture these days: If one more rock or pop celeb launches a fashion line or fragrance, my H-town barf will magically land in Hotlanta’s hip hop capital. To my dismay, the same trending is occurring in TV news.
With Campbell Brown, Gerri Willis and Christiane Amanpour jumping CNN’s sinking ship, network execs will attempt to buoy its airwaves with the addition of Eliot Spitzer – the former NY governor who fell from political grace when exposed for patronizing high dollar whores. And if that doesn’t get your fire crackin’, ABC has tapped G-Rod, former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, to host a Sunday talk show. Furthermore, the media mantel has been extended to wife-cheater South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford at NBC.
Teaming Spitzer with Pulitzer Prize winner Kathleen Parker and G-Rod with Maureen Dowd, a NYT columnist, salvages a shred of credibility, but pairing Sanford with his lover, Maria Belen Chapur, is not only irresponsible but squashes journalistic integrity. Because news audiences deserve more, the overhyped politico-celebrity quotient in TV news has got to go.
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Slap in the face to both credentialed journalists and we, the audience. It's all about the "green" everywhere these days and in TV Newsland that means pumping the ratings. Wouldn't it be fun, though, if audiences prove brighter than the Execs give us credit for and Notoriety loses over Notability? On another note... I can't wait for that shriveled up Larry King to leave the party he overstayed.
ReplyDeleteWall Street kicked off "green is king" and it's a crying shame that the attitude prevails in advertising revenue generation. Wouldn't it be powerful if we boycotted those products that make these shows possible? If the country weren't so otherwise overwhelmed, this may be a viable starting place. In addition to the lowly ratings, rumor has it that the white-haired hottie Anderson Cooper may depart CNN because his co-workers have made him the brunt of extended assignment envy.
ReplyDeleteBrings new meaning to desparate times call for desparate measures.
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