Comments on: Must hear radio http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/ Ron Coleman’s pretty good blog Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:46:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ron Coleman http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-401 Ron Coleman Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:57:03 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-401 You keep referring to Fox, which is a distraction, Ara, and makes it clear that you must really be on the ropes in terms of the comparison between these two. This discussion is not about Fox. It's about the two men. Keith Olbermann is a sportscaster and wise guy with no -- zero -- political or "serious" journalism bona fides. That Chris Wallace, in contrast, does <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Wallace_(journalist)" rel="nofollow">have them</a>, cannot seriously be questioned. You keep referring to Fox, which is a distraction, Ara, and makes it clear that you must really be on the ropes in terms of the comparison between these two. This discussion is not about Fox. It’s about the two men. Keith Olbermann is a sportscaster and wise guy with no — zero — political or “serious” journalism bona fides. That Chris Wallace, in contrast, does have them, cannot seriously be questioned.

]]> By: Ara http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Ara Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:52:15 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-400 <i>Wallace himself is still a journalist and, in all seriousness, it cannot be maintained that Olbermann is.</i> Do we want to argue whether Wallace is at Olbermann's level or vice-versa? Because, in the world of 24/7 cable TV news, I don't see much difference between the two. And I'm being charitable to Fox in saying that. Wallace himself is still a journalist and, in all seriousness, it cannot be maintained that Olbermann is.

Do we want to argue whether Wallace is at Olbermann’s level or vice-versa? Because, in the world of 24/7 cable TV news, I don’t see much difference between the two.

And I’m being charitable to Fox in saying that.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-399 Ron Coleman Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:02:29 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-399 LOL -- that is a funny graphic. Yes, very heavy on the editorializing there, eh? Yet all they are doing is mirroring what is done, without comment, on CNN and the networks. This is certainly beyond the scope of this thread, though. Wallace himself is still a journalist and, in all seriousness, it cannot be maintained that Olbermann is. LOL — that is a funny graphic. Yes, very heavy on the editorializing there, eh? Yet all they are doing is mirroring what is done, without comment, on CNN and the networks. This is certainly beyond the scope of this thread, though. Wallace himself is still a journalist and, in all seriousness, it cannot be maintained that Olbermann is.

]]> By: Ara Rubyan http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Ara Rubyan Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:15:21 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-394 <i>Whaddya mean, Ara?</i> Simply that Chris Wallace works for a news network that allows its logo ("Fox News") to appear next to a screen graphic that says (sans question mark, no less): "Democrats Legislating Defeat In Iraq." There's more, but once I get started it'll be hard to stop and I have work to do. Whaddya mean, Ara?

Simply that Chris Wallace works for a news network that allows its logo (“Fox News”) to appear next to a screen graphic that says (sans question mark, no less): “Democrats Legislating Defeat In Iraq.”

There’s more, but once I get started it’ll be hard to stop and I have work to do.

]]> By: Bob Miller http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Bob Miller Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:52:11 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-397 This version (from a book) appears to be typo-free and also includes photos of the operation: http://www.lonesentry.com/102thrugermany/pg30.html (proceed page by page) This version (from a book) appears to be typo-free and also includes photos of the operation:
http://www.lonesentry.com/102thrugermany/pg30.html (proceed page by page)

]]> By: Bob Miller http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-398 Bob Miller Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:31:26 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-398 Here's a great transcript (with a few typos) from a WW2 broadcast by Howard K, Smith with the US 102nd Infantry Division in Germany as they began to break through the German lines near the Roer River in February 1945. This is what war broadcast journalism could be at its best. http://carol_fus.tripod.com/army_hero_over_the_river.html My father served with the 701st Tank Battallion, which supported the 102nd during this period. Here’s a great transcript (with a few typos) from a WW2 broadcast by Howard K, Smith with the US 102nd Infantry Division in Germany as they began to break through the German lines near the Roer River in February 1945. This is what war broadcast journalism could be at its best.

http://carol_fus.tripod.com/army_hero_over_the_river.html

My father served with the 701st Tank Battallion, which supported the 102nd during this period.

]]> By: Ron Coleman http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-396 Ron Coleman Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:09:29 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-396 Whaddya mean, Ara? Whaddya mean, Ara?

]]> By: Ara http://www.likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Ara Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:07:42 +0000 http://likelihoodofsuccess.com/2007/03/27/must-hear-radio/#comment-395 The irony <I>was</i> pretty thick during that last part when Wallace actually said, "This is what the news business has become." The irony was pretty thick during that last part when Wallace actually said, “This is what the news business has become.”

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