Comments on: Too Much $$$$ ? http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/ The View From Connecticut's Northwest Corner Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Terry http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-92779 Terry Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:36:36 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-92779 Agree completely, except how do "journalists gain power and influence when the public sector grows"? Would not they also thrive with the decline of the public and the rise of the private sector? With the exception of Stars & Stripes and NPR, journalism is essentially a private-sector venture, no? Agree completely, except how do “journalists gain power and influence when the public sector grows”?

Would not they also thrive with the decline of the public and the rise of the private sector? With the exception of Stars & Stripes and NPR, journalism is essentially a private-sector venture, no?

]]> By: Jake http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-91493 Jake Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:15:13 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-91493 Most journalists are not activist lefties, but somewhat starry eyed Utopians (with little real management experience - public or private) who have a vested interest in the expansion of public sector power. Journalists gain power and influence when the public sector grows and, as such, tend to see government as the "solution" to social challenges. It's really just a matter of simple self interest. And it is why when journalists bestow a mantle of moral superiority on government programs, one should be more than skeptical. For it's the government program that allows the journalist to parachute in with a 700 words screed designed to generate circulation on the backs of often well intentioned bureaucrats struggling to implement an ill conceived, multi-billion dollar program (that the media probably shilled for originally). And just try cutting a redundant, poorly performing federal program! Sorry if that sounds bitter, but time and again... Thank God for the new media. And of course, Go Red Sox. Most journalists are not activist lefties, but somewhat starry eyed Utopians (with little real management experience - public or private) who have a vested interest in the expansion of public sector power. Journalists gain power and influence when the public sector grows and, as such, tend to see government as the “solution” to social challenges. It’s really just a matter of simple self interest. And it is why when journalists bestow a mantle of moral superiority on government programs, one should be more than skeptical. For it’s the government program that allows the journalist to parachute in with a 700 words screed designed to generate circulation on the backs of often well intentioned bureaucrats struggling to implement an ill conceived, multi-billion dollar program (that the media probably shilled for originally). And just try cutting a redundant, poorly performing federal program! Sorry if that sounds bitter, but time and again…

Thank God for the new media. And of course, Go Red Sox.

]]> By: Terrence McCarthy http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-91411 Terrence McCarthy Sat, 29 Sep 2007 13:13:17 +0000 http://tcextra.com/terrycowgill/2007/09/29/too-much/#comment-91411 A former reporter, I tend to lean to the left. The conventional wisdom is that a majority of reporters do the same, and their bosses tend to lean the other way. Your comment that reporters all lean toward a good story is on target. Doesn't matter if the mayor's an elephant or an ass. If he gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, it's a good story, and will be pursued and written with relish. Go Red Sox A former reporter, I tend to lean to the left. The conventional wisdom is that a majority of reporters do the same, and their bosses tend to lean the other way. Your comment that reporters all lean toward a good story is on target. Doesn’t matter if the mayor’s an elephant or an ass. If he gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, it’s a good story, and will be pursued and written with relish.

Go Red Sox

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