[BC] More Media misuse of important words

[Kirk Harnack]

On 6/16/06, Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com> wrote:
> I realize it would be terribly cynical to suggest that a "Fox News
> Alert" might increase ratings, so I won't suggest that's why they're
> doing it. It's community service, pure and simple. I could suggest
> that it's just jealousy on your part that your stations aren't FOX
> affiliates but the list in your signature makes me unsure one of them isn't.

Remember the AP teletype machines - with the bell they could "ding"
for big stories.  I recall working at a public radio station in the
late 1970's, and the AP would "ding" that bell for all kinds of weak
"news alerts".  I heard the bell "dinging" quite a few times one
Saturday morning - and the big news alert was a story about who won a
golf tournament!

No difference between the AP then and FOX News now.


kirk harnack