Oprah has been in such a unique position that it takes more than just her performance (Thursday) to undo the damage that she did with Frey's book. |
She will certainly bring a fresh face to the program. But a woman serving as sole anchor on an evening network newscast is so long overdue that it can hardly be regarded as making a powerful statement. ... CBS had a chance to revolutionize the evening news by totally remaking the show. Instead, they are putting a new person into an old, boring format. |
The cell phone is a conduit to things that can make dreams come true. I can now hear from people I want to talk to all the time. That's what makes cell phones irresistible. |
The government leaks things [to the press] to gauge public reaction. It's a well-known secret. |
The last thing you want to do, if you are investing dreams, energy and money into a city edition, is to basically fold up the Web page into something nobody would recognize as being a part of Newsday. |
The media rose to the occasion, shone their light on the desolation and the needy, and kept it focused there until the cavalry finally began to arrive. |
The Sept. 11 period really was an aberration - hurricane Katrina has reawakened the sleeping giant, and I believe we'll now see a return to the Watergate era of hard-hitting reporting in the United States. |
This goes back to ancient Greek drama. This has always been the role of fiction and entertainment to let us try these things out in a totally safe way. There's a perennial interest in these type of things. What they all have in common is bending the boundaries. |
This time, the media was right on the story, right on the scene, right away. |
Today, if knowledge of a movie is out there for a while, it may increase its appeal. It builds up a mystique. Bad buzz can actually morph into anticipation. |
Today's audiences are vastly more savvy than even audiences of 10 years ago, thanks to all the movie info that's available 24/7. Moviegoers are now more attuned to any kinds of delay. If they think it's a turkey, the word could spread. |
What he did down in New Orleans was really an extraordinary accomplishment, which goes way beyond what we would expect a news anchor to do, ... He not only reported what was going on, he did not allow other people to minimize or mischaracterize what was happening. |
What he did down in New Orleans was really an extraordinary accomplishment, which goes way beyond what we would expect a news anchor to do. He not only reported what was going on, he did not allow other people to minimize or mischaracterize what was happening. |
When the story broke, she, again, chose to support Frey. Loyalty is important, but she should have loyalty to her viewers and to the people who look up to her. That's more important than loyalty to this author. |