http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:05:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10155 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:22:55 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10155 The problem is in the pack. There are no alpha writers like the Late Dr. Thompson. Naw these guys write like they have lived off of the AP wire. To Get any good writing one must look to Fleet Street and they are at best, a pack of baboons, as compared to our colorless wrenches. Sorry if one wants dead English by corpses with computers we have the brain dead American press serving their colorless newspapers. Unfortunately most of the blogsters are as dull as uniformed press. Maybe less sleep or waterboarding would improve our terrible prose. The problem is in the pack. There are no alpha writers like the Late Dr. Thompson. Naw these guys write like they have lived off of the AP wire.
To Get any good writing one must look to Fleet Street and they are at best, a pack of baboons, as compared to our colorless wrenches.
Sorry if one wants dead English by corpses with computers we have the brain dead American press serving their colorless newspapers.
Unfortunately most of the blogsters are as dull as uniformed press. Maybe less sleep or waterboarding would improve our terrible prose.

]]> http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10138 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:57:03 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10138 A better analogy than "A Beast Without A Brain" in the news zoo would be "A Puppet Show" on the national stage. A better analogy than “A Beast Without A Brain” in the news zoo would be “A Puppet Show” on the national stage.

]]> http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10136 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:54:43 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/01/22/the-beast-without-a-brain-why-horse-race-journalism-works-for-journalists-and-fails-us/#comment-10136 A better analogy for "The Beast Without A Brain" would be "A Puppet SHow" on a national level. A better analogy for “The Beast Without A Brain” would be “A Puppet SHow” on a national level.

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