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Re: DC rag article on rail ''Foamers'' - almost all quotes from Paul Fleuranges, spokesman for MTA |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Jul 30 13:25:21 2006, in response to Re: DC rag article on rail ''Foamers'' - almost all quotes from Paul Fleuranges, spokesman for MTA, posted by RonInBayside on Sat Jul 29 09:49:08 2006. As someone who worked in urinalism, the problem is that once upon a time you were GIVEN enough time to do some research, and were given a "beat" whereby you had your own level of semi-expertise which you could draw on. You'd start doing "police blotter" stuff and hang out in courthouses and get an idea of how things worked. That way when a crime story came up and the perp was issued a desk ticket instead of a ride downtown, you knew that they didn't have enough to "book'em Dan-O" and so you'd decide whether or not the story was worth ink. You knew the cops you needed to know and you'd honor the "don't print anything just yet" ...What happened over time is fewer reporters having to cover more and more things under tight time pressures. No time to really dig very deeply and a need to just get a quote you could print and move on from the subway story to the lost puppy story to the "nurse run over by a taxi" story. Experts need not apply. :( |
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