CBS News Blog Brings Credibility to Amateur Medium

[DrewKaree]

The title alone should make ya laugh and think it's a joke, but to clear it up for GameOver - from www.scrappleface.com:

(2005-07-13) -- In an effort to bring credibility to a media realm populated by "agenda-driven, rumor-mongering, unedited hacks who blur the line between fact and opinion," CBS News announced today it would launch a 'blog' called 'Public Eye'.

"The word 'blog' -- short for weblog -- has traditionally meant an online journal of commentary on the news which uninformed readers often mistake for actual news," said Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News. "Public Eye will bring legitimacy to the medium the way United Nations involvement legitimizes U.S. foreign policy."

'Public Eye' will differ from the vast majority of news-oriented blogs, Mr. Heyward said, "because it will be written by attractive veteran reporters, dressed in business attire, rather than disgruntled journalist-wannabes, lounging in pajamas."

"The blogosphere should welcome the arrival of this 900-pound gorilla of the news business," he added. "The presence of CBS News in the blog market will breathe new life into a dying beast, and rescue it from extinction. The blogosphere will soon be associated with the trust that Dan Rather and other unbiased CBS journalists have earned over the decades."

[Beeeph]

i don't think anyone's stupidity surprises me anymore (especially my own). but at least i don't get quoted to the masses saying things like that. and to think about all the people that read that and were nodding their heads saying to themselves: "that dan rather is so truthful and respectable;" like they've been over to his parents house for dinner, have seen him ---auto-censored--- faced drunk acting like a perfect gentleman, or have had an intelligent impromptu conversation with him. i could say more, but this is the point where i usually end up pissing somebody off.

[paigeoliver]

Doesn't anyone in the news media realize that the public doesn't even know what the word "blog" means, much less do they read them.

[nostrebor]

Could we please get a purple faced, bloated cheek, swollen tongue gag smiley... possibly just to use for this one thread? 

This "suit" wearing guy redefines the term "oblivious"

(note: this message was entered while in sleeping attire. Please consider the writer an idiot, based on this point alone.)

[DrewKaree]

(note: this message was entered while in sleeping attire. Please consider the writer an idiot, based on this point alone.)

But we can use other points if we want to consider those, right?