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Previous Editions of Interviewing
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News Or Not? You Tell Us
We've Weighed In On News Vs. Entertainment; Why Don't You?
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Wonks As Reporters
Blurring the Line Between News & News-Oriented Entertainment
What
happens when political operatives have a sudden desire for a career change
and…poof…they become reporters? It drives the continuing trend of entertainment
based on news content.
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'I Wear Many Hats'
Sean Hannity: Journalist Or Conservative Entertainer Extraordinaire?
Politics isn’t the only avenue to a rich and
rewarding career as a broadcast quasi-journalist. You can also achieve the goal
through talk radio. Sean Hannity did it, and now he seems to have the world on
a string.
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Choice, Competition, Technology = Entertainment
Knowing Your Audience Often Drives How & What You Give Them
by Eric M. Seidel
It
doesn't require the wisdom of the ages to recognize the increasingly blurred
line between news and entertainment. Yet, despite our concern or even outrage
over the trend, things got this way because, in America, at least, news
operates on the free enterprise model. The purveyors of news must serve their
customers just like those who sell sofas and frozen yogurt. Crying for the good
old days when Walter, Chet and David told us what they thought we needed to
know is nothing more than exercise for your tear ducts. So dry your eyes,
sharpen your focus, and be prepared to make your own judgments about what is
news and what is not.
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Why Do You Think They Call It 'Fox' News?
Some Say Anchors Going Way Too Far Playing the Sex Card
You
don’t have to be a sex kitten or a stud muffin to be a television news anchor,
but it doesn’t hurt. Or does it? News anchor appearances in skin magazines and
touting their sensuality on personal web sites are further clouding the news
versus entertainment issue and even compromising news integrity, according to
some watchers.
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Showbiz At Your Expense
Differentiate Between Talk & Entertainment-Oriented News
Is
there a local talk host targeting your enterprise? Many face that challenge
every day without ever properly distinguishing between legitimate news and
entertainment. There are ways to deal with it. Least successful among them is a
heated, emotion-driven counterattack.
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Letters To Interviewing
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