tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post8385514683736842138..comments2024-03-17T09:38:01.251-05:00Comments on Adventus: Still the view from ManhattanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-3022099459229382282011-08-31T14:31:37.784-05:002011-08-31T14:31:37.784-05:00There is a certain sort of media idiot savant (cf....There is a certain sort of media idiot savant (cf. George Will) who really thinks that New York is the world. <br /><br />I love New York City, I visit whenever I can, but it is not the whole of America, let alone the world. Certain "media experts" in their apparent dotage simply do not notice. Of course they did not get it when they were young, so this is not news.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-19917215707598494092011-08-31T07:53:20.234-05:002011-08-31T07:53:20.234-05:00MP--
Living on the "Third Coast," I'...MP--<br /><br />Living on the "Third Coast," I'm used to NYC and LA sucking up all the media attention in the US. What surprises me this time is how naked the parochialism is. I woke up this morning to stories of people waiting for power lines to be repaired in Virginia (a familiar tale from 17 days in Houston without power following Hurricane Ike) and flood waters still rising in Vermont. It really isn't a complete media myopia, but where it exists, it's stunningly blinkered.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-63301450891649469352011-08-31T04:30:19.213-05:002011-08-31T04:30:19.213-05:00Observing the storm from afar through the blogs of...Observing the storm from afar through the blogs of friends all over the Eastern states I was very aware of the ignoring of everywhere that wasn't New York by the media. And it was the same in the UK as in the US. The BBC concentrated almost solely on New York, no doubt because that was where their correspondent was holed up.MadPriesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15120376342802143188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-41136676063201856352011-08-30T15:57:32.747-05:002011-08-30T15:57:32.747-05:00For some reason, I felt compelled to watch.For some reason, I felt compelled to watch.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-61924185195096035362011-08-30T14:23:49.903-05:002011-08-30T14:23:49.903-05:00Kurtz does ask one pertinent question:
Does anyon...<i>Kurtz does ask one pertinent question:<br /><br />Does anyone seriously believe the hurricane would have drawn the same level of coverage if it had been bearing down on, say, Ft. Lauderdale?</i><br /><br />Maybe not. But would anybody be saying the storm was "hyped" if it missed Fr. Lauderdale but caused flooding in Georgia instead?<br /><br />I'll admit I missed all the cable coverage of Irene. I was away from TeeVee that week. Some of what Kurtz cites indicates too much cble concern with NYC, but then he displays the same indifference to all that is not NYC. <br /><br />I find it all pretty appalling.Rmjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811456254443706479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9479398.post-2560739399396883492011-08-30T13:04:19.799-05:002011-08-30T13:04:19.799-05:00The New Yorker cover says it all. Great find.
Do...The <i>New Yorker</i> cover says it all. Great find.<br /><br />Does Howie Kurtz now pay due respect to the 40 dead? It's too late for them to hear him.<br /><br />Kurtz does ask one pertinent question:<br /><br /><i>Does anyone seriously believe the hurricane would have drawn the same level of coverage if it had been bearing down on, say, Ft. Lauderdale?</i><br /><br />George Will's commentary was utterly loathsome. It's well past retirement time for him.<br /><br /><i>Hear this, O foolish and senseless people,<br /> who have eyes, but do not see,<br /> who have ears, but do not hear.</i>June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com