New Media Low
Media coverage of the Boston bombing was simply the worst.
CNN was just wrong and the Post should be cursed.
In reaching for glory,
They mangled the story,
Forgetting that it’s better to be right than to be first.
Tag: Media
Good Hype, Irene …
We all know that hurricanes can be mean,
But that doesn’t excuse the hype ’round Irene.
From reporters in wet slickers
To bombastic news tickers,
We all suffered from that post-traumatic Katrina meme.
One Sorry Apology
As the News Corp. scandal unfolds, we take stock
Of whose phone got hacked, who got clocked.
Old Rupe tries to parry
By saying he’s sorry —
But really, what’s an apology worth from a Murdoch?
The Bad News
Setting aside Rupert Murdoch’s political views
And the business tactics he’s wont to use,
At his News International
It’s become quite fashionable
To break laws while “breaking” the “news.”
The Unreel Reality
When we stopped asking for television quality
And exchanged it for dumb gullibility,
It was no surprise on Master Chef Fox
When they pulled canned video from a box
And glibly passed it off as “reality.”
Coming June 20: ‘Countdown with Keith Olbermann’ on Current TV
Keith Olbermann finally announced what his new Current TV show will be called, and when it will air.
The new name? “Countdown With Keith Olbermann.”
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” Olbermann joked in a video announcement posted to his “Fok News Channel” site on Tuesday morning.
Previously, Olbermann would only say that the show would air in “late spring.” In the video, he at last gave a specific date: Monday, June 20, at 8 PM Eastern.
Fourth Estate’s Fate
When the reporter crashed a fundraiser banquet,
He was forced to behave like a hermit.
If he wanted to hear Biden,
Then he’d have to keep hidin’
And remain out of sight in the closet.
The Radio Sting
The bad PR at NPR is a killer.
The usually boring radio story’s a thriller.
Though he brought on this grief,
We should thank James O’Keefe
For ridding us of those two useless Schillers.
Bidding Beck Bye
Where will you go when your TV contract ends?
What will you do without your nutjob friends?
With your viewership shrinking,
It’s got us to thinking —
We won’t miss your blackboard or your antics, Glenn.
