Comments on: Election 2008: media winners and losers http://www.pressandtower.com/2008/11/election-2008-media-winners-and-losers/ Erie media blog - Connecting creators and consumers Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:46:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CRANK http://www.pressandtower.com/2008/11/election-2008-media-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-496 CRANK Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:22:52 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=531#comment-496 I'm not sure what the fairness doctrine means anymore. Chris Mathews says its his job to make the Obama presidency successful. I thought the media's job was to be a skeptical watchdog of government. Hannity is right, 2008 is the year that journalism died. I’m not sure what the fairness doctrine means anymore. Chris Mathews says its his job to make the Obama presidency successful. I thought the media’s job was to be a skeptical watchdog of government. Hannity is right, 2008 is the year that journalism died.

]]> By: AJ Miceli http://www.pressandtower.com/2008/11/election-2008-media-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-495 AJ Miceli Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:34:02 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=531#comment-495 Winner: Cable News Networks. Just as we found after the Gulf and Iraq wars, viewers are turning to cable news networks, sometimes in larger numbers than to the broadcast networks. Here are numbers from election night from Broadcasting and Cable magazine: http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6611690.html?desc=topstory Winner: Katie Couric. Her interview with Sarah Palin showed more journalistic chops than pundits were giving her credit for. And I agree with Jim -- I just don't see the Fairness Doctrine coming back. I think it's a canard. And even if it did come back, I don't see it mattering much in this multichannel world. But I've been wrong before... Winner: Cable News Networks. Just as we found after the Gulf and Iraq wars, viewers are turning to cable news networks, sometimes in larger numbers than to the broadcast networks. Here are numbers from election night from Broadcasting and Cable magazine:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6611690.html?desc=topstory

Winner: Katie Couric. Her interview with Sarah Palin showed more journalistic chops than pundits were giving her credit for.

And I agree with Jim — I just don’t see the Fairness Doctrine coming back. I think it’s a canard. And even if it did come back, I don’t see it mattering much in this multichannel world. But I’ve been wrong before…

]]> By: Jim Griffey http://www.pressandtower.com/2008/11/election-2008-media-winners-and-losers/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Jim Griffey Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:19:40 +0000 http://www.pressandtower.com/?p=531#comment-494 Well, I think that SNL's gonna lose since Sarah Palin is now yesterday's news. To me the only funny moments occurred when Tina Fey did her spot on impressions. Sarah herself did well, though too. And yeah, the Keith Olbermann bit was good too. But whoever plays Obama on the show is just not as funny. As for the Fairness Doctrine..I don't see it coming back. Well, I think that SNL’s gonna lose since Sarah Palin is now yesterday’s news. To me the only funny moments occurred when Tina Fey did her spot on impressions. Sarah herself did well, though too. And yeah, the Keith Olbermann bit was good too. But whoever plays Obama on the show is just not as funny.

As for the Fairness Doctrine..I don’t see it coming back.

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