I watched a couple of national news shows this morning (NBC and CBS) and both of them devoted a major chunk of coverage to the “breaking news” about goings-on in the wacky world of Tiger Woods. They spent a lot of time rehashing the golfer’s alleged infidelities, and dissecting every possible aspect of this morning’s ambulance run to Tiger’s home.<\/p>\n
I don’t have any problem with the coverage, even though I’m tired of the whole story. But what struck me as more than a little hypocritical was the way both networks referred to the “tabloid” aspects of the media coverage, as if those seedy print publications were guilty of sensationalism, while the broadcast giants were simply providing good and decent journalistic services.<\/p>\n
In this instance, the only difference between the two forms of media is that the tabloid publications at least serve a useful purpose if one has a bird cage or fish in need of wrapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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