Wednesday, October 03, 2007

News Judgement - or complete lack thereof

Oh, the dichotomy!


A snippet from this morning's CNN editorial conference call notes:

[discussion about Myanmar/Burma]
"we need to continue to do story to build outrage."


Meanwhile, in the Los Angeles bureau, CNN's cameras, live trucks, reporters and producers are camped out in front of the L.A. County Courthouse waiting for the details of a closed door hearing involving the one-and-only Britney Spears and her ongoing child custody issues. A private family matter made embarassingly public by the media. I did mention it was a closed-door hearing? Like vultures waiting for scraps.

Meanwhile, half a world away in Myanmar... wait - K-Fed's here? He's wearing an eye-patch??