Comments on: A REPORTER’S TALE http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/a-reporters-tale/ Harangues that just make sense Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:30:34 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Traction Control » Blog Archive » Headline Summaries: Border Security http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/a-reporters-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-36871 Traction Control » Blog Archive » Headline Summaries: Border Security Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:46:46 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/4453/a-reporters-tale/#comment-36871 [...] A Reporter’s Tale – Chapter 1 [...] [...] A Reporter’s Tale – Chapter 1 [...]

]]> By: CraigC http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/a-reporters-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-36475 CraigC Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:06:42 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/4453/a-reporters-tale/#comment-36475 I should have noted that the Nixon story was something that had come out about Watergate. He was trying to associate Reagan with Nixon. Nixon = Republican = Crook Reagan = Republican = Crook Very subtle. I should have noted that the Nixon story was something that had come out about Watergate. He was trying to associate Reagan with Nixon.
Nixon = Republican = Crook
Reagan = Republican = Crook

Very subtle.

]]> By: CraigC http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/a-reporters-tale/comment-page-1/#comment-36449 CraigC Mon, 17 Apr 2006 02:58:25 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/04/16/4453/a-reporters-tale/#comment-36449 Evan, I worked at Channel 9 in D.C. for several years in the 80's as an AD and sometime director, and I can tell you that the culture in TV newsrooms is exactly the same. I made no secret of my support for Reagan, and was constantly getting into arguments with the other employees. One of my favorite stories involves a newswriter. There was a story about Nixon and a story about Reagan that had nothing to do with each other, but they were put back back-to-back on the news. After the show, I went up to the guy that had written the stories and said, "Nice juxtaposition," and he said, "You noticed that, eh?" Evan, I worked at Channel 9 in D.C. for several years in the 80’s as an AD and sometime director, and I can tell you that the culture in TV newsrooms is exactly the same. I made no secret of my support for Reagan, and was constantly getting into arguments with the other employees.

One of my favorite stories involves a newswriter. There was a story about Nixon and a story about Reagan that had nothing to do with each other, but they were put back back-to-back on the news. After the show, I went up to the guy that had written the stories and said, “Nice juxtaposition,” and he said, “You noticed that, eh?”

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