News programming in "sweeps"
After Tobias' resignation from his top level position at the State Dept, suddenly the "DC Madam" case is "rising up the news charts." I use the Casey Kasem reference because of this,
We can argue over whether this story (or 20/20) is really news, but there's something that feels very wrong about holding a story for sweeps week.
(Has ABC ever done even a half hour on Abramaoff?)
Palfrey's flamboyant attorney, Montgomery Blair Sibley, said Friday that he has been contacted by five lawyers recently, asking whether their clients' names are on Palfrey's list of 10,000 to 15,000 phone numbers. Some, Sibley said, have inquired about whether accommodations could be made to keep their identities private. ABC is expected to air a report on Palfrey and her clients on "20/20" on May 4, during sweeps.
We can argue over whether this story (or 20/20) is really news, but there's something that feels very wrong about holding a story for sweeps week.
(Has ABC ever done even a half hour on Abramaoff?)
4 Comments:
The answer to the Abramoff question would be, uh, no.
But remember, Mark Halperin used to be the Political Director for ABC News and he takes all his cues from Drudge (Drudge rules his little winger wanna-be world.)
ABC News in particular seems to like the sex angle on political stories. You'll remember that it was Brian Ross who broke the Foley scandal into the public too.
By Reality-Based Educator, at 7:51 AM
I forgot about Foley and Brian Ross.
I'm not really sure how newsy this story is. Because of the sex angle, it's going to be salacious and widely covered, but how big a deal is that really?
I think it should be news if the people involved, like Tobias, are utter hypocrites talking about abstinence, but as long as everybody's of age......
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