After work I’m clicking through the channels playing skip the commercial when Lola announces that Dinner is ready. As we sit down to eat it is apparent that the roulette wheel has stopped on Chris Matthews talking with Leslie Stahl. I would normally blow by that paring in a finger twitch of an instant, but for the moment my hands are busy eating so I watch and listen. Oh My God, the angst! I’ve heard more hope for the future at black clad Goth gatherings in Lisa Link Peace Park on State Street.
I stopped watching 60 Minutes long before they started taking pride in discussing how their program developed creative camera techniques and clever editing to emotionalize their “news stories” for the audience. Learning how to do emotional news is a skill that Leslie Stahl learned to master. The following is from a story about a talk she gave back in the good old days.
I stopped watching 60 Minutes long before they started taking pride in discussing how their program developed creative camera techniques and clever editing to emotionalize their “news stories” for the audience. Learning how to do emotional news is a skill that Leslie Stahl learned to master. The following is from a story about a talk she gave back in the good old days.
“Despite these obstacles, Stahl maintained that her early years with CBS were positive because they were “a huge learning experience.” She had made her share of mistakes as a rookie and had learned from them. One such mistake occurred when she was covering Ronald Reagan’s reelection campaign in 1984. Apparently, Reagan had proposed some budget cuts in federally funded nursing homes and benefits for the handicapped. While covering these events, Stahl was keenly aware of Reagan’s ulterior motives. So every time the camera showed Reagan’s affected support for nursing homes and the handicapped, Stahl would steadfastly remind her viewers of his budget cuts.”Tonight, however, she is bemoaning the lost influence of the Main Street Media. The transcript won’t be ready until tomorrow but I’m certain she said in essence that the American public needs the educational guidance that big media has historically provided to the masses. More importantly as big media weakens, who will fill their role of checking the power of the big corporations? I suppose she was referring to the way 60 Minutes exposed the fraud and ethical shortcomings of that big company CBS.
