15 bytes of fame
My post on the lack of media coverage of the Pakistan earthquake aftermath was referenced by CBS News’ Public Eye, the CBS blog. (Yes, CBS has a blog.)
Ack. This is the kind of thing that makes me want to clean up my act around here. Here I am trying to be obscure and anonymous and therefore free to post less-than-legible crap I’d not otherwise expose in public and I get linked to by CBS. Does this mean I’m part of some acroynm? Non-MainStream Media? The Alternative Media Establishment? Am I doing online journalism?
Okay, I think I’m letting it go to my head.
They also linked to this much more comprehensive post by a Philadelphian blogger.
With respect to the actual content of the CBS post, it’s interesting in that it provides a view into how media corporations are like any other corporation: they’re possibly run by real people with real compassion and interests. It is the corporation itself that may not have the capacity for any such thing.
When I asked if stories from Pakistan would be filed on the “Evening News†throughout the week, [CBS News Foreign Editor Chris] Hulme said that “It’s up to [the “Evening Newsâ€] to decide whether they air them, but we’ll be there and filing stories.â€
It looks like they’ve aired at least one story this week.
November 9th, 2005 at 10:33 pm
Wow. How surreal!
November 14th, 2005 at 8:46 pm
Did you happen to catch the 60 Minutes coverage of the earthquake last night? It was quite good I thought and really put it into a tangible light for all of us who don’t respond without a cattle prod.