Sunday 23 May 2010
Phillip Knightley: A cheap way to deliver quick results
Well, Phillip, we all agree that it is a cheap trick run by cheaper intellects with still cheaper morals.
Why is it done? Because creating the news is easier than reporting it, as William Randolph Hearst showed us a century ago.
The nicest part is that the journalistic enterprise can commit crimes (e.g. bribery) and get away with it. The ideal sting pays for access and only publishes if the access doesn't get the desired result.
Be interesting for someone to see how many reporters would take money to write a story. But, then, I suppose few journlaistic enterprises would pay to set up that kind of sting, and even fewer would run the resulting story.
Well, Phillip, we all agree that it is a cheap trick run by cheaper intellects with still cheaper morals.
Why is it done? Because creating the news is easier than reporting it, as William Randolph Hearst showed us a century ago.
The nicest part is that the journalistic enterprise can commit crimes (e.g. bribery) and get away with it. The ideal sting pays for access and only publishes if the access doesn't get the desired result.
Be interesting for someone to see how many reporters would take money to write a story. But, then, I suppose few journlaistic enterprises would pay to set up that kind of sting, and even fewer would run the resulting story.
# posted by Had It in Holland Park @ 23:00 
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