Comments on: The last gasp of the power of the press http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/ by Jeff Jarvis Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:03:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: gossip gets a bad rap « infotainment still rules http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-396643 gossip gets a bad rap « infotainment still rules Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:13:22 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-396643 [...] Jeff Jarvis also raises an interesting point: it’s a story about “how the sausage is made.” Only, this is the inner sanctum of the most super-secret sausage factory there is: the influence industry. The stone-cold heart of our republic. [...] [...] Jeff Jarvis also raises an interesting point: it’s a story about “how the sausage is made.” Only, this is the inner sanctum of the most super-secret sausage factory there is: the influence industry. The stone-cold heart of our republic. [...]

]]> By: Zelimir Graf http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-390206 Zelimir Graf Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:50:07 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-390206 I absolutely agree, journalist don`t have the power they used to have. This is absolutely good news, since the concentration of power in some press companies has become a threat. Development of other media such as internet really brought home the point that no one can be shushed, and the world is really getting smaller and smaller by the day. It`s getting harder and harder to keep secrets, and journalists have to face that they are no more the sole opinion makers. I absolutely agree, journalist don`t have the power they used to have. This is absolutely good news, since the concentration of power in some press companies has become a threat. Development of other media such as internet really brought home the point that no one can be shushed, and the world is really getting smaller and smaller by the day. It`s getting harder and harder to keep secrets, and journalists have to face that they are no more the sole opinion makers.

]]> By: Mike http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-146221 Mike Wed, 27 Sep 2006 04:43:07 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-146221 Check out markcubanrocks.com ,dont think youll it.... Check out markcubanrocks.com ,dont think youll it….

]]> By: infotainment rules » gossip gets a bad rap http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-37834 infotainment rules » gossip gets a bad rap Wed, 12 Apr 2006 03:45:27 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-37834 [...] Why? Because gossip makes the world go round. Because this story affects–potentially–every wealthy, influential (or wannabe) person on both coasts and in every corridor of power in between. There isn’t one of them who hasn’t tried to plant a story, suppress a story, influence an opinion, sway a potential client, burnish his own image, etc. Jeff Jarvis also raises an interesting point: it’s a story about “how the sausage is made.” Only, this is the inner sanctum of the most super-secret sausage factory there is: the influence industry. The stone-cold heart of our republic. [...] [...] Why? Because gossip makes the world go round. Because this story affects–potentially–every wealthy, influential (or wannabe) person on both coasts and in every corridor of power in between. There isn’t one of them who hasn’t tried to plant a story, suppress a story, influence an opinion, sway a potential client, burnish his own image, etc. Jeff Jarvis also raises an interesting point: it’s a story about “how the sausage is made.” Only, this is the inner sanctum of the most super-secret sausage factory there is: the influence industry. The stone-cold heart of our republic. [...]

]]> By: Susanna K. Hutcheson http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-37328 Susanna K. Hutcheson Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:38:26 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-37328 While there may be some changes in the world of journalism, I think journalists will always have a unique power. As to people's e-mail showing up on Web sites, don't people know that the writer of an e-mail owns the copyright and to publish or even forward an e-mail without permission is a violation of copyright law? How Drudge gets aways with it is beyond me. But people in the media take a lot of abuse as well as dish it out. Politicians and others use the media daily for their own ends. Each needs the other. Each feeds off the other. <a href="http://www.susannahutcheson.com" rel="nofollow">Susanna's Online Magazine</a> While there may be some changes in the world of journalism, I think journalists will always have a unique power. As to people’s e-mail showing up on Web sites, don’t people know that the writer of an e-mail owns the copyright and to publish or even forward an e-mail without permission is a violation of copyright law? How Drudge gets aways with it is beyond me. But people in the media take a lot of abuse as well as dish it out. Politicians and others use the media daily for their own ends. Each needs the other. Each feeds off the other.

Susanna’s Online Magazine

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Staying on top what’s up….. http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-37024 Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Staying on top what’s up….. Mon, 10 Apr 2006 05:31:33 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-37024 [...] The last gasp of the power of the press - by Jeff Jarvis [...] [...] The last gasp of the power of the press – by Jeff Jarvis [...]

]]> By: Reader http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36883 Reader Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:54:38 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36883 You quoted from your blog's archive: "[…] The Times tries to explain — and distance itself from — gossip for its readers this morning, in the wake of the Jared Paul Soprano scandal. Except when you think about it, how much really separates celebrity gossip from Washington coverage? Rumors, blind items, schmoozing, tips, paybacks, grudges, parties, lunches, leaks, hidden agendas, corruption, sex. The only real difference is that politicians aren’t as well-dressed. […]" --Absolutely. What are all those little puff pieces and getting-to-know-you stories that often run when a reporter starts a beat or some faceless bureaucrat gets hired but a form of favor, an attempt to buy good will from sources so that they'll be helpful in the future? I found the predictably Olympian tone that the Times took ("Of course you understand, Ladies and Gentlemen, these aren't *real* journalists; they resemble us in no way.") misplaced. But what else is new? You quoted from your blog’s archive:

“[…] The Times tries to explain — and distance itself from — gossip for its readers this morning, in the wake of the Jared Paul Soprano scandal. Except when you think about it, how much really separates celebrity gossip from Washington coverage? Rumors, blind items, schmoozing, tips, paybacks, grudges, parties, lunches, leaks, hidden agendas, corruption, sex. The only real difference is that politicians aren’t as well-dressed. […]”

–Absolutely. What are all those little puff pieces and getting-to-know-you stories that often run when a reporter starts a beat or some faceless bureaucrat gets hired but a form of favor, an attempt to buy good will from sources so that they’ll be helpful in the future? I found the predictably Olympian tone that the Times took (“Of course you understand, Ladies and Gentlemen, these aren’t *real* journalists; they resemble us in no way.”) misplaced. But what else is new?

]]> By: Jeff Jarvis http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36880 Jeff Jarvis Sun, 09 Apr 2006 21:46:53 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36880 Tank: Yes and I think Page 6 is an anachronism in terms of its self-identity as a powerhouse. Tank:
Yes and I think Page 6 is an anachronism in terms of its self-identity as a powerhouse.

]]> By: Graham English’s Integral Conversations » if you’re not in it for the money http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36856 Graham English’s Integral Conversations » if you’re not in it for the money Sun, 09 Apr 2006 19:14:58 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36856 [...] Drawing by satirist High Macleod. Inspired by The last gasp of the power of the press: Part-time boldfacer Jared Paul Stern was caught on tape allegedly shaking down billionaire investor Ronald W. Burkle for $100,000 down and $10,000 a month in return for snark-protection from The Post. [...] [...] Drawing by satirist High Macleod. Inspired by The last gasp of the power of the press: Part-time boldfacer Jared Paul Stern was caught on tape allegedly shaking down billionaire investor Ronald W. Burkle for $100,000 down and $10,000 a month in return for snark-protection from The Post. [...]

]]> By: Tank http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36823 Tank Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:23:43 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36823 "We are witnessing the last growl of the unbridled power of the press." Uh...Jeff. You do realize you're talking about PAGE FREAKING SIX right? That's all the Post is Jeff. Page Six. And somehow you link their current situation to the "...last growl of the unbridled power of the press"? Why would anyone do that? Take it for what it's worth. Zippo. Just have fun with this stuff. Yikes man. “We are witnessing the last growl of the unbridled power of the press.”

Uh…Jeff. You do realize you’re talking about PAGE FREAKING SIX right? That’s all the Post is Jeff. Page Six. And somehow you link their current situation to the “…last growl of the unbridled power of the press”? Why would anyone do that? Take it for what it’s worth. Zippo. Just have fun with this stuff. Yikes man.

]]> By: Mike G http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36777 Mike G Sun, 09 Apr 2006 14:08:21 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36777 What I suspect is the meaning of this is that there's a lot more of this than we know. To recycle a comment I posted somewhere earlier: Back in the 1940s there was a popular publication called “Charley Jones’ Laugh Book.” Jones was an insurance salesman in Wichita, Kansas who started publishing a small collection of risque jokes and cartoons (the kind that feature a man and an impossibly buxom woman on a desert island wondering what to do with all the time) as a giveaway for his male customers. (Imagine wooing your customers with smut today.) It grew into a national success; somewhere along the way, Jones also started publishing a society newsletter in Wichita (which hardly seemed big enough to have society worth chronicling, but never mind). Anyway, it quickly became known that if you didn’t want your nightclub dalliance with your secretary to turn up in there, it was an excellent idea to have your insurance with Charlie. This Stern guy simply didn’t know how to play the game that subtly. What I suspect is the meaning of this is that there’s a lot more of this than we know. To recycle a comment I posted somewhere earlier: Back in the 1940s there was a popular publication called “Charley Jones’ Laugh Book.” Jones was an insurance salesman in Wichita, Kansas who started publishing a small collection of risque jokes and cartoons (the kind that feature a man and an impossibly buxom woman on a desert island wondering what to do with all the time) as a giveaway for his male customers. (Imagine wooing your customers with smut today.) It grew into a national success; somewhere along the way, Jones also started publishing a society newsletter in Wichita (which hardly seemed big enough to have society worth chronicling, but never mind).

Anyway, it quickly became known that if you didn’t want your nightclub dalliance with your secretary to turn up in there, it was an excellent idea to have your insurance with Charlie. This Stern guy simply didn’t know how to play the game that subtly.

]]> By: BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36761 BuzzMachine » Blog Archive » Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:19:05 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36761 [...] The Times tries to explain — and distance itself from — gossip for its readers this morning, in the wake of the Jared Paul Soprano scandal. Except when you think about it, how much really separates celebrity gossip from Washington coverage? Rumors, blind items, schmoozing, tips, paybacks, grudges, parties, lunches, leaks, hidden agendas, corruption, sex. The only real difference is that politicians aren’t as well-dressed. [...] [...] The Times tries to explain — and distance itself from — gossip for its readers this morning, in the wake of the Jared Paul Soprano scandal. Except when you think about it, how much really separates celebrity gossip from Washington coverage? Rumors, blind items, schmoozing, tips, paybacks, grudges, parties, lunches, leaks, hidden agendas, corruption, sex. The only real difference is that politicians aren’t as well-dressed. [...]

]]> By: Ned Ulbricht http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36757 Ned Ulbricht Sun, 09 Apr 2006 13:04:13 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36757 <a href="http://dictionary.law.com/definition2.asp?selected=1827" rel="nofollow">respondeat superior</a> [dictionary.law.com] <blockquote>(rehs-pond-dee-at superior) n. Latin for "let the master answer," a key doctrine in the law of agency, which provides that a principal (employer) is responsible for the actions of his/her/its agent (employee) in the "course of employment." [...]</blockquote> respondeat superior [dictionary.law.com]

(rehs-pond-dee-at superior) n. Latin for “let the master answer,” a key doctrine in the law of agency, which provides that a principal (employer) is responsible for the actions of his/her/its agent (employee) in the “course of employment.” [...]

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36714 Stephanie Sun, 09 Apr 2006 10:43:48 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36714 Sounds like someone got caught with there hand in the cookie jar, sounds like this movie I just saw on Google video called Loose Change 911 another story about soemone getting caught with there hand in the jar. Sounds like someone got caught with there hand in the cookie jar, sounds like this movie I just saw on Google video called Loose Change 911 another story about soemone getting caught with there hand in the jar.

]]> By: Diane Ensey http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/04/08/the-last-gasp-of-the-power-of-the-press/#comment-36632 Diane Ensey Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:18:59 +0000 http://www.buzzmachine.com/?p=1355#comment-36632 I anticipate the same "gift-giving" will take place (and does take place) in the blogging community and will continue to grow. While some bloggers disclose "gifts" I have a feeling many more don't. Payola and favoritism, whether in the news media or in society in general, is eternal. For all those bloggers who disclose or refuse gifts, it makes sense to believe many more don't. I anticipate the same “gift-giving” will take place (and does take place) in the blogging community and will continue to grow. While some bloggers disclose “gifts” I have a feeling many more don’t. Payola and favoritism, whether in the news media or in society in general, is eternal. For all those bloggers who disclose or refuse gifts, it makes sense to believe many more don’t.

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