Matt Welch has some hilarious commentary on the transcript of CNN's Reliable Sources over this last weekend. The highlights include Chicago Tribune Deputy M.E. Jim Warren's statement that "most of our people [Chicago Tribune reporters] don't even have a clue what a stock option is;" and SF Chronicle editor Phil "We're Doing the Best We Can" Bronstein blaming his own paper's poor coverage of foreign affairs on a "drop in interest in the American public in foreign international news."
The notoriously sub-standard Chronicle regularly buries its truncated "international news" section in the middle of the Classified Ads section. I've always wondered why, and now I have the answer. It's our fault! But no one reads the Chronicle for news. There's so little of it anyway.
Welch says that Reliable Sources ("the most shocking reality TV show ever") is "providing a service, I suppose, by giving us a glimpse of the very strange culture of monopolist newsrooms."
*Shudder*
Posted by Dr. Frank at January 14, 2002 04:15 PM | TrackBack