'A Hole in the World'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
I was designing Variety ads in my head last night (no, not doing that, too old, too tired) that included logos of contributing fan/review/message board sites and some sort of text like: With Nothing New On Television, The Audience Is Watching The Strike...And We Support The WGA.
And then Norma Rae jumps up on a table with a "Union" sign and gets mauled as a scab for writing shit down.
I don't think most of them were familiar with the idea of TV and film writers having fans
this.
and gets mauled as a scab for writing shit down
haha. and this.
A large part of the media is owned by companies who own (or are) entertainment companies, so the reporting of the strike is gonna be a little bias you may suggest. Personally, I find the idea of fans getting behind the strike is compelling - but would it actually help? I don't know.
Money talks. But I think it would take a widespread and prolonged TV boycott for the suits to feel it.
I'm not really talking of a TV boycott, as we all know effecting Nielsen is not an easy task. But in terms of pizza runs, things like that - if nothing else it provides a symbol.
Personally, I find the idea of fans getting behind the strike is compelling - but would it actually help? I don't know.
Probably, at least a little. Little bits do add up, after all. At the very least, it can't hurt.
A large part of the media is owned by companies who own (or are) entertainment companies, so the reporting of the strike is gonna be a little bias you may suggest.As a journalist, this statement bothers me. That's a pretty broad brush you're using there.
Monique, I'm not saying ALL reporting. But there have been many cases of bias reporting by large media corps in the past.
Monique, I'm not saying ALL reporting. But there have been many cases of bias reporting by large media corps in the past
I'm afraid I haven't seen any unfair bias in this instance, though. However, I don't watch TV news. AP and the LA Times and a few other papers I've looked at have done a pretty good job, on the whole.
the reporting of the strike is gonna be a little bias you may suggest.
Felt pretty all-encompassing, to offer insight to my initial response.
I've been reading a lot of responses to articles on my old newspaper's Web site lately. I'm always amazed at all the claims of bias on the part of the reporter or the company. In most of my experiences, reporters go where the stories are, and report on what they uncover.
If the non-editorial heads try to influence coverage, in my experience they'll get some pretty hard-core pushback.