Posted on 01/19/2008 6:11:40 AM PST by Lonesome in Massachussets
Have you been in an airport recently and maybe seen a gaggle of America's heroes returning from Iraq? And you've probably thought, "Ah, what a marvelous sight. Remind me to straighten up the old 'Support Our Troops' fridge magnet, which seems to have slipped down below the reminder to reschedule my acupuncturist. Maybe I should go over and thank them for their service."
No, no, no, under no account approach them. Instead, try to avoid making eye contact and back away slowly toward the sign for the parking garage. You're in the presence of mentally damaged violent killers who could snap at any moment.
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On, please! Thanks for the ping!
Steyn ping. He’s pretty spot on here.
Thanks for the ping and taking over the list. Viva Steyn indeed!
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Dave—(Moonhawk)
Broadcast journalism in particular is propbably the most competitive and fastest paced profession in the world. There are only a handful of job openings for each new graduating class, and even some of those do not go to journalism school graduates. The stakes in turn are enormously high. Fame and immense fortune can result for the lucky few, and utter failure for a lot more. One cannot help but wonder what kind of driven, obsessive personality is required to reach the very top in such an environment.
On top of that, we have the journalism culture itself, the characteristic internal culture of the media-industrial complex as I have called it. As documented by Thomas Frank in his brilliant cultural history, The Conquest of Cool, this internal culture is still solidly based on the counterculture of the 1960s. This brings its own set of attendant problems and distortions.
Yes, please keep me on the Steyn list, thanks.
Oh, yeah! Keep me on the Steyn list!
Hope all works out well for Pokey78; thanks to him also.
bttt
Steyn is brilliant, as usual.
Big big props!
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