My Nomination For Media Pinhead Of The Year…And No, It’s Not Letterman

(Preface:
Congrats on the half a million milestone, that is a heck of an accomplishment by anyone’s standards, and you should be proud to see your hard work paying off.
The article I’m submitting today kind of ties in with your piece.)

 

On second thought, maybe David “Zippy The Pinhead” Letterman wins by default.

Therefore, I wish to present my nomination for media hypocrite of the year, CBS News/60 Minutes personality Morley Safer.

In a short story in a recent edition of the New York Post outlining an interview done with Safer at a Canadian awards dinner, he was quoted as having said that one of his all-time favorite interview subjects was Dolly Parton.

Later, when he was asked about his opinion regarding bloggers and new media, he was not nearly as gracious.

His comment was “I would trust a citizen journalist as much as I would trust a citizen surgeon.

The obvious implication being that those of us in the blogging community are not as trustworthy or accurate as members of his profession.

If given the chance to interview Mr. Safer,…Read the rest of this entry