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'There Is No Distance in Waveland Anymore' or 'How I learned to Stop Thinking and Love Anderson Cooper: Weepy, All-Human Missionary.'Mickey Kaus, today, collects a pair of irritating quotes from CNN newshead Jonathan Klein, lavishing praise over white haired, new-school journalist Anderson Cooper: "He is the anchorperson of the future," Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., said [of Anderson Cooper] in an interview. He is "an anti-anchorperson," he said, adding: "He's all human. He's not putting it on."--New York Times "I think other news executives are drooling over him," [Klein] says. "He brings a new dimension to the job, which is a concept of an anchor as a kind of missionary. It's a new model for thinking about what the anchorperson ought to be."--New York magazine On Monday, Mickey wrote: Wonder why those CNN anchors are so emotional and angry all of a sudden? Are they actually emotional and angry--or are they being told to be emotional and angry? The buried lede in Michael Kinsley's column: Hereâs the thing. Politics wise, emotionalism is always going to tilt reaction to the left. I mean, even putting aside the Mars and Venus school of political thought that goes: âliberals see the world through emotion, while conservatives respond more detached and thinky,â when some Empath is going all angry/blubbery on the âSomeone, Just Do Somethingâ newschannel, the not so hidden âsomeoneâ is usually taken to mean âgovernment.â But okay, putting even that aside, whatever happened to journalismâs romantic ideal of the world weary stoic? The cool daddy with the icewater in his veins? Edward R. Murrow, braving the Blitz, perched atop London buildings, describing for his listeners the shattered city about him, did not begin his broadcasts âAAAHHHH! Oh, God, Oh God, Oh God! AAAAAAHHHHHH!â despite the fact that focus groups would surely have revealed this sentiment most dominant in the minds of the London towners about him. Dan Rather, bless his heart, cut his teeth chasing down Texas windstorms to confront both stoicly and needlessly, struggling to remain upright, emphasizing for viewers the crazed, unreasoning force of nature, and, well, Dan Rather. But now we turn on the TV and we get Geraldo: (reg. req.) "Reporters are supposed to remain distant observers. There is no distance in Waveland, anymore." Without this distance, he injects himself into the story, reacting with outrage, holding babies, helping survivors sift through the ruins, and showing viewers his tears. Get that? Lemme repeat it for you. There is no distance in Waveland anymore. Now, I donât know if CNN is instructing itâs anchors to go all âfeelieâ and âoutrageâ or theyâre just hiring natural âBroadcast Newsâ weepies. Either way, stop. When a nation turn to you, scooping up every morsel on the latest national crisis, your tone matters. Yes, I said it, MSM. You still matter. And much like troops being well served not witnessing Sarge go all âWere gonna die!â wobbly in front in front of them, it would be nice if the tone you set for the nation was that of the âstiff upper lipâ sort. Misdirected rage, though it feels good and gets people to tune in, is still misdirected, and really kinda harmful, especially in the early hours when organizations and people still struggling to get online and operational. So set a better tone. Yeah, you can do that, set a tone. Don't pretend you don't think you can or do. (P.S: You know when I can accept you newscasters getting all blubbery? When a Zeppelin explodes in front of you. Then and only then, itâs okay to get all âOh, the humanity!â Short of Zeppelin explosions, let's butch it up, huh?) | Recent Comments
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