Comments on: Obama’s Most Important Speech (on Wednesday) http://jaydedapper.com/2009/09/10/obamas-most-important-speech-on-wednesday/ Facts matter. Question everything. Wed, 05 May 2010 03:45:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Nancy http://jaydedapper.com/2009/09/10/obamas-most-important-speech-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Nancy Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:55:27 +0000 http://jaydedapper.com/?p=1245#comment-1335 As someone who was a part of a well respected newspaper in Washington, D.C. during the Watergate years, I applaud both your commentary and the President's pointed and accurate remarks. Those were days before instant innuendo you can access on the net. Reporters raced into the library, once known as "the morgue" to access the clip files (yep....even pre microfilm:)...and various reference materials such as legal code, Barron's and even Bartlett's Famous Quotations. ... They dug and dug, slept in their cars if necessary, used their cars as their office (I think there might be a picture of the inside of Jerry Oppenheimer's car...and it wasn't pretty), and rolled until they got it completely nailed...with the facts. Back then there was a distinct difference between editorial pages and gossip columns. Now that line is blurred. Now it's the bottom line, not the deadline that demands the piece of the story....often not the whole story. What came first....the thirst for entertainment by the public, or the quest for the ratings and the truth be damned? We've all been the participants in this dumbing down. How can we elevate the dialogue? Isn't there a space for thoughtful presentation of the issues? As someone who was a part of a well respected newspaper in Washington, D.C. during the Watergate years, I applaud both your commentary and the President’s pointed and accurate remarks.
Those were days before instant innuendo you can access on the net. Reporters raced into the library, once known as “the morgue” to access the clip files (yep….even pre microfilm:)…and various reference materials such as legal code, Barron’s and even Bartlett’s Famous Quotations. … They dug and dug, slept in their cars if necessary, used their cars as their office (I think there might be a picture of the inside of Jerry Oppenheimer’s car…and it wasn’t pretty), and rolled until they got it completely nailed…with the facts. Back then there was a distinct difference between editorial pages and gossip columns. Now that line is blurred. Now it’s the bottom line, not the deadline that demands the piece of the story….often not the whole story.
What came first….the thirst for entertainment by the public, or the quest for the ratings and the truth be damned? We’ve all been the participants in this dumbing down.
How can we elevate the dialogue? Isn’t there a space for thoughtful presentation of the issues?

]]> By: Jeff Atkinson http://jaydedapper.com/2009/09/10/obamas-most-important-speech-on-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-1334 Jeff Atkinson Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:43:07 +0000 http://jaydedapper.com/?p=1245#comment-1334 Hello. I would like to put a link to your site on my blog roll if you want to do the same for mine. It would be a good way to build up both of our readerships. thank you. Hello.

I would like to put a link to your site on my blog roll if you want to do the same for mine. It would be a good way to build up both of our readerships.

thank you.

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