npgraphicdesign 3 #1 March 5, 2011 ...when will they stop with IDIOTIC questions? Especially when someone passes away, whether it's an accident, health issues, etc...one of the first questions that gets asked (often times of family members, relatives, friends, etc) is "..how do you feel right now?.." How the **** do you think someone feels when someone related or close to them passes away? Example: High school kid hits a game winning shot then collapses three minutes later and dies because of cardiac arrest. In the press conference, the team and the coach are obviously distraught, they can't hold back tears, and a reporter asks the coach "..So if you could say something to Wes (the kid that passed away) what would you say?..." A reporter deserves to get their microphone shoved up their *** for questions like that. Also, when someone passes away, whether it's an athlete, celebrity, or a regular everyday joe shmoe person who dies in some way that attracts attention (accident, murder/homicide, etc) why does the media find it necessary to splatter their entire life on the news, ask their relatives about 'how do you feel about your loved one dying' etc...it makes me mad beyond belief. Let people grieve without sticking a microphone and a camera in their face! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #2 March 5, 2011 I know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you think about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
npgraphicdesign 3 #3 March 5, 2011 QuoteI know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. Understandable... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #4 March 6, 2011 QuoteI know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you think about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. +1 We will pick on each other for damn near anything, but there are lines you just DO NOT cross."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #5 March 6, 2011 Serious answer: You can thank the American population. They are the ones screaming, "Give us dirty laundry!"My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
npgraphicdesign 3 #6 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote I know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you think about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. +1 We will pick on each other for damn near anything, but there are lines you just DO NOT cross. Not sure if you were talking to me but I'm not picking on anyone...except reporters who don't give tow sh!ts about anyone. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 8 #7 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote Quote I know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you think about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. +1 We will pick on each other for damn near anything, but there are lines you just DO NOT cross. Not sure if you were talking to me but I'm not picking on anyone...except reporters who don't give tow sh!ts about anyone. I just meant that in the military we will cross MANY of the normal civilized 'lines' but you don't cross that one."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #8 March 6, 2011 Reporters could have a good job to do if they wanted... but they chose not to and became reporters anyway (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
npgraphicdesign 3 #9 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Quote I know you skydive but it is a good thing you never were in the military, multiply how you think about this a few hundred times. The service members have a very good reason for hating the media, mostly because they are always looking to exploit someone, other times because they are dead weight and a serious security risk. +1 We will pick on each other for damn near anything, but there are lines you just DO NOT cross. Not sure if you were talking to me but I'm not picking on anyone...except reporters who don't give tow sh!ts about anyone. I just meant that in the military we will cross MANY of the normal civilized 'lines' but you don't cross that one. That's what I thought...just wanted to make sure you knew I wasn't picking on the military Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #10 March 6, 2011 Reporters can be crass and exploitive in their efforts to get some sensational tidbits to boost their ratings. The people at home want the vicarious emotions brought to them on their couch. The advertisers drive it all with their unblinking watch of the ratings. Our consumerism is the fuel that powers it. Yet I put up with it all in the knowledge that journalists are some of the watchdogs of democracy. You can't have a free country without a free press. Try turning to NPR for the news. More in-depth and less provincial, it makes local TV news seem like sound bites for simians. Subscribe to a newspaper or two. The print media also go into more depth and discussion than your TV news. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #11 March 6, 2011 ...some reporters have no clue I guess. Back when Roger passed, I was contacted by a reporter local to that area for comment. Ummm...I LIVE IN TEXAS NOW! ~though I knew both Roger and Carl and spoke with Roger whenever we ran into each other, I didn't KNOW him well for the last 20 years of his life & I certainly wasn't at the dropzone when the accident occurred. It's a small town newspaper....my old home-town, and I know the reporter personally which is why I guess I was contacted. During the conversation it became blatantly obvious that there were preconceived points he was trying to make regarding the article...he wanted comments regarding Roger's past discrepancies, comments regarding the "well known & unsafe culture" at that dropzone, citing recent (at the time) fatalities and the positive for substances testing at autopsy...I had and have NOTHING but the highest respect for Roger and I told the reporter that. NOTHING he was asking me had anything to do with Roger's accident...he was looking for dirty laundry, it was unbelievably unprofessional & sad. I have a degree in Journalism (as well as a couple others), so I went through the 'ethics and responsibility' classes, I do understand the balance between 'fluff and fact' regarding selling a paper...but DAMN, throwing impertinent trash at a guy that died tragiclly is the highest form of low-class. I told the reporter that I knew nothing of the accident other than what the grapevine was saying, it was a tragic miscalculation by another skydiver that caused his death. Told him that SDC is one of the largest, best run and most profitable drop zones in the world. That Roger contributed things to the sport that changed Skydiving for the better worldwide, that he brought millions of tourist dollars into the community. And that he was a religious, honorable man who will be missed not only by his family but by everyone he came in contact with. ~none of that got ink...it wasn't the 'story' he wanted to tell. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #12 March 6, 2011 Quote Reporters could have a good job to do if they wanted... but they chose not to and became reporters anyway That's a pretty sweeping vilification of the entire profession of news journalism. Is that really your intent? In an open society in which citizens participate in governance by, among other things, keeping themselves informed, who (if not reporters) would you have report the news? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shropshire 0 #13 March 6, 2011 Yes... Them car sales men, Estate agents ...... and .. lawyers (.)Y(.) Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #14 March 6, 2011 I hope I remember how much those kind of interviews piss me off if I ever find myself being asked for comment by a reporter. I hope I just walk away. Not easy to do if you feel you have to counter bad information that is getting out about someone you care about. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46bBWBG9r2o Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #15 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote Reporters could have a good job to do if they wanted... but they chose not to and became reporters anyway That's a pretty sweeping vilification of the entire profession of news journalism. Is that really your intent? In an open society in which citizens participate in governance by, among other things, keeping themselves informed, who (if not reporters) would you have report the news? For a journalist as with a lawyer, there is a gray area between what is true and what is fact. With both professions, that gray area can be manipulated to sway opinions one way or another. Problem is...with journalists the stage has a greater audience, and the result of telling a story utilizing only facts without regard to the overall truth, is both harmful and misleading to the public. Add to that mix, some weaker journalists obvious inability to even get real facts to begin with...and we're basing our opinions and decisions on information no better than whats in 'trash mags' like the Inquirer. There is a reason one corporation or conglomerate shouldn't 'own' all the major news outlets, but it sure feels like it's headed that way. Too bad 'fair & balanced' is only a slogan. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
david3 0 #16 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote Quote Reporters could have a good job to do if they wanted... but they chose not to and became reporters anyway That's a pretty sweeping vilification of the entire profession of news journalism. Is that really your intent? In an open society in which citizens participate in governance by, among other things, keeping themselves informed, who (if not reporters) would you have report the news? For a journalist as with a lawyer, there is a gray area between what is true and what is fact. With both professions, that gray area can be manipulated to sway opinions one way or another. Problem is...with journalists the stage has a greater audience, and the result of telling a story utilizing only facts without regard to the overall truth, is both harmful and misleading to the public. Add to that mix, some weaker journalists obvious inability to even get real facts to begin with...and we're basing our opinions and decisions on information no better than whats in 'trash mags' like the Inquirer. There is a reason one corporation or conglomerate shouldn't 'own' all the major news outlets, but it sure feels like it's headed that way. Too bad 'fair & balanced' is only a slogan. If you were truly fair and balanced, you wouldn’t have to say so. . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackC1 0 #17 March 6, 2011 Quote Yes... Them car sales men, Estate agents ...... and .. lawyers Yup. Come the revolution... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #18 March 6, 2011 Quote in an open society in which citizens participate in governance by, among other things, keeping themselves informed, who (if not reporters) would you have report the news? Exactly. There has always been sensationalism in journalism. I'm sure it's as old as language itself, and predates stone tablets. It parallels the extremes we see in politics. We see journalists, from the left and right, in print and other media, try their hardest to sway the opinion of the masses. The best defense is an educated populace that can think for themselves. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #19 March 6, 2011 Quote Quote in an open society in which citizens participate in governance by, among other things, keeping themselves informed, who (if not reporters) would you have report the news? Exactly. There has always been sensationalism in journalism. I'm sure it's as old as language itself, and predates stone tablets. It parallels the extremes we see in politics. We see journalists, from the left and right, in print and other media, try their hardest to sway the opinion of the masses. The best defense is an educated populace that can think for themselves. ....who educate themselves through the use of multiple & diverse news outlets! Nothing brought the importance of that to my attention like traveling extensively in Europe these past several years. The difference of reporting on 'major' events is remarkable...the things ya lean are eye opening and definitely change your opinions. ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
