Posted on 12/14/2009 10:40:58 AM PST by Justaham
Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz presented quite a paradox in a Charlie Gibson profile Monday. The retiring ABC World News anchor said that "it’s time to move on" since objectivity is "less of a marketable commodity." But Kurtz also underlined how Gibson dared to keep airing live coverage of Ted Kennedy’s funeral until they were able to broadcast the reading of Ted Kennedy’s letter to Pope Benedict. These passages came late in the article:
Gibson worries whether broadcast networks will be able to support sizable editorial staffs in an era of declining audiences, when cable news channels are louder -- and more profitable. "Objectivity -- or the extent to which we strive for objectivity -- is less of a marketable commodity," he says. "People seem to want to hear news presented according to their own beliefs, and I don't understand that."
"I'm so much of a traditional, over-the-air broadcaster. I'm aware that it's changing, and I'm not adapting fast enough with it. Having hit the perfect arc of this business, I think it's time to move on."
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Translation: “Now that other points of view are getting aired I can’t pull off the pretense of being objective anymore. Liberal positions like I promote just can’t stand up to scrutiny. I’m outta here.”
It’s fortunate for Gibson that pomposity is quite a marketable commodity these days. Maybe he can get a job in the Obama White House or at a lefty think tank.
“Charlie Gibson Says He’s Leaving Because Objectivity’s Passe”
How would he know? Is he serious??
No Charlie. People just don't want to hear news filtered through your beliefs.
Big lies are easier to sell than small ones.
And Charlie loved trashing Palin... and he didn’t cover stories like ACORN that made Dems look bad. Yeah, that’s REALLY objective. What a fool...
What a Putz
Charlie Gibson is a clown — and apologies right off to all the clowns out there, but you have to know you’re going to get this kind of attribution.
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