Thursday, April 12, 2007
Victory over racism & bigotry
Now that Don Imus has been tossed off WFAN, let me know when it's safe to tune into WABC, where the mouths actually shill for the Repugs, theocrats, neofascists, homophobes & warmongers, & publish their spew in books that are on the shelves of my local library. Won't be as easy as shooting a half-dead fish in a barrel. I don't even want to think about what's on the AM radio dial west of the Delaware River.
One of my correspondents noted that the Imus controversy extended the media "sell date" of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Indeed, not only did it completely upstage Tennessee in the brief news cycle alotted to the women's NCAA championship game, it brought Rutgers out of the sports section on to the front pages & took the team all the way to Oprah's national stage. Sitting in a local Dunkin' Donuts that has a large flat screen TV tuned 24/7 to CNN, I watched clips of the Rutgers press conference immediately following updates on Anna Nicole Smith's baby. You can't buy that kind of publicity. Make no mistake, it was good publicity. & this team really is a team rather than the assortment of NBA-in-waiting egos you find in most top tier programs on the men's side.
Update: It's news that's creating news now, as NJ Governor Corzine was seriously injured in a crash on his way to a meeting between Imus & the Scarlet Knights. Bummer. Oddly, he's the third consecutive elected governor to break a leg while in office. Dick Codey gets to run things again.
"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
One of my correspondents noted that the Imus controversy extended the media "sell date" of the Rutgers women's basketball team. Indeed, not only did it completely upstage Tennessee in the brief news cycle alotted to the women's NCAA championship game, it brought Rutgers out of the sports section on to the front pages & took the team all the way to Oprah's national stage. Sitting in a local Dunkin' Donuts that has a large flat screen TV tuned 24/7 to CNN, I watched clips of the Rutgers press conference immediately following updates on Anna Nicole Smith's baby. You can't buy that kind of publicity. Make no mistake, it was good publicity. & this team really is a team rather than the assortment of NBA-in-waiting egos you find in most top tier programs on the men's side.
Update: It's news that's creating news now, as NJ Governor Corzine was seriously injured in a crash on his way to a meeting between Imus & the Scarlet Knights. Bummer. Oddly, he's the third consecutive elected governor to break a leg while in office. Dick Codey gets to run things again.
Labels: media madness, Rutgers
