Comments on: TMZ runs a victory lap http://bloggasm.com/tmz-runs-a-victory-lap Thu, 10 Mar 2011 02:39:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Wendy http://bloggasm.com/tmz-runs-a-victory-lap/comment-page-1#comment-84154 Wendy Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:04:50 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=3280#comment-84154 Mainstream media's problems run far deeper than getting "beat" on the Michael Jackson story by a celebrity gossip site. Who cares who got this story first? I'm sorry about Michael Jackson's death, but is this the kind of fare that serious journalism outlets should be trying to scoop? I think not. It was MSM's obsession with such stories in the past, before the primacy of the Web -- the deaths of Elvis, and Princess Diana and the O.J. fiasco -- that contributed to its loss of credibility and growing irrelevancy. Instead of using its resources and news judgment to question governmental authority, decisions on going to war, etc., so many of our leading news organizations have shamelessly thrown themselves on the altar of pop culture. And so it went again last night, trailing TMZ's lead. How fitting. Mainstream media’s problems run far deeper than getting “beat” on the Michael Jackson story by a celebrity gossip site.

Who cares who got this story first? I’m sorry about Michael Jackson’s death, but is this the kind of fare that serious journalism outlets should be trying to scoop? I think not.

It was MSM’s obsession with such stories in the past, before the primacy of the Web — the deaths of Elvis, and Princess Diana and the O.J. fiasco — that contributed to its loss of credibility and growing irrelevancy.

Instead of using its resources and news judgment to question governmental authority, decisions on going to war, etc., so many of our leading news organizations have shamelessly thrown themselves on the altar of pop culture.

And so it went again last night, trailing TMZ’s lead. How fitting.

]]> By: Mike http://bloggasm.com/tmz-runs-a-victory-lap/comment-page-1#comment-84153 Mike Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:10:28 +0000 http://bloggasm.com/?p=3280#comment-84153 What was interesting was that when TMZ first started reporting it, Twitter was all a buzz and that is how i found out about it. Though many people were unsure whether to trust the source. What was interesting was that when TMZ first started reporting it, Twitter was all a buzz and that is how i found out about it. Though many people were unsure whether to trust the source.

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