Comments on: Progressive journalism

By: Daniel Freedman

Daniel Freedman — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:57:16 +0000

I respectfully dissent from the lavish praise being heaped on the “This American Life” program and its progeny.

The series has many virtues. But there is also a serious shortcomings: the old public radio bugaboo of self-absorption and narcissism, served atop a heaping serving of “look at how clever we are!”

An appearance today on WNYC’s
Brian Lehrer Show was especially insufferable. It was a bit like credit-default swaps:
so esosteric and detached from the basics that there was little journalistic value.

By: Digidave

Digidave — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 17:28:05 +0000

Community organizing is now an act of media. In the 60’s they would picket. Today – young people get together and make a YouTube video.

In the same respects: Media is becoming community organizing.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:41:51 +0000

Hi Jeff, I really enjoy your blog and Guardian column. Have you checked out NPR’s On the Media podcast at all? A friend of mine recommended it to me and I quite enjoy its analysis of election coverage, though at times the issues it covers can be a bit too US-centric for me, living in Ireland as I do. I’m sure there’s plenty of other good stuff on NPR that I’m missing, I must make time to check it out further.

By: Pit Gottschalk

Pit Gottschalk — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:17:03 +0000

Dear Jeff, I’ll suddenly stop the rain because I don’t want you to get wet in my hometown Hamburg Pit Gottschalk, Editor-In-Chief SPORT BILD