CJ: Her middle name is ‘Scoop’

Scoop…? Heh. So funny. Bob Collins posted about it at 1:12PM, which is where I initially heard about it on Friday. He edited that post though. It used to read:

The round of layoffs that struck CBS television stations around the country hit the Twin Cities today. Details are few and so are names. But Paul Douglas’ name no longer appears on the station’s Web site. More to come. Earlier this week, stations in New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco announced layoffs, including local big names. In Boston, for example, long-time sports personality Bob Lobel was let go. In analyzing the situation, the Boston Globe said the layoffs mark the “end of the celebrity broadcaster in local television.”

Even though at that point he didn’t post a “confirmation” from a source, I’d consider good enough for “breaking” about as much as C.J.’s article a few hours later.

Holy Cow Hilarious. And shameful. You should’ve  asked her about that time she “spotted” Robin Williams at the airport.

Embarrassing. She takes herself so seriously, I feel physical pain reading that.

Super duper Scooper? Middle name “Scoop” eh? Well I’ve got one of those I use in my backyard to clean up doggy-doo. “Scoop” certainly didn’t get there first here…it’s all over the place; hidden but appears when the snow piles melt. Somehow I missed a few.

And by the way, isn’t “gossip columnist’ at the low end of the reporter-pyramid; almost an extinct line of news trivia that disappeared some years ago? Who’s scooping? Who’s counting? Who cares?

What about the poor working stiffs. I’m confused. Minnesota Monitor is claiming a scoop and yet when it put up the word that Douglas had been canned, it attributed it to me.

From the sad commentary file: I spent a lot of time that day over at a truck stop in Wisconsin, talking to people who are barely making it what it’s like to be an independent trucker. I got back to the newsroom and here the Paul Douglas rumor, so I call WCCO, get it confirmed, and put up some lame blurb about it.

So what happened, the paragraph about Douglas gets tons of page views and comments. The story about poor working stiffs going under in our midst gets nothing.

This has something to say about our obsession with the stars, but I’m too depressed to think too much about it.

Good job, by the way, getting the email from Douglas posted. Tip: Check the time stamps on CJs posts.

“The only winning move is not to play.” I agree with Bob Collins.This is the kind of exchange that really depresses me as a young pseudo-journalist. In the end, it’s a dumb argument that’s sucking up valuable time and energy that could be directed toward more meaningful pursuits. I wish you would remove this story and replace it with something of value to the community. The coverage of Douglas leaving is relevant (to an extent). This, however, is not.

Way to get pwned on that Larry Fitz Jr. Fatherhood scoop, Paul. Srsly though, Aaron, other than the smell, that Robin Williams imposter was game over. I’m lucky I write for a monthly.

D’oh! I wasn’t claiming a scoop, but I guess I shouldn’t have even wondered about one: I did hear about Douglas’ firing from Bob’s blog (via S4xton’s Twitterfeed), but in my haste to post must’ve missed the website mention altogether. Scoop goes to Collins!

(And thanks for the great point about news that matters more.)

Senseless rambling follows Nah, I don’t claim any scoop. I was just trying to get it off my desk. I still think the trucker’s story is more indicative of a day in the life of the working person (g). 

One interesting thing in all of these markets (with the possible exception of WCCO, although there are buyouts coming), is every one of the CBS locales hacked at least one big name and a LOT of people nobody ever heard of before, who — perhaps — have more to do with the content that the “readers” with the big names. But nobody writes about them because they don’t have the big names, and the people writing about the declining quality (myself included) don’t mention that because we think the reader/listener/viewer won’t care because we think they can only relate to the big names. (There’s irony there somewhere, I’m just not sure where.)

Yet, I’m willing to bet that a producer or an editor who never gets on the air has more to do with the quality of the content than a lot of those who do get on the air, and the tenor of the post-layoff analysis has been that the layoffs are a sign of declining quality based mostly on the loss of the “big” name.

In the end, it’s all showbiz.

Missing the point I do think that who scooped who is really missing the point . But, since we’re counting, here’s my scoop on Paul’s departure:

http://scienceblogs….

Scoop…? Heh. So funny. Bob Collins posted about it at 1:12PM, which is where I initially heard about it on Friday. He edited that post though. It used to read:

The round of layoffs that struck CBS television stations around the country hit the Twin Cities today. Details are few and so are names. But Paul Douglas' name no longer appears on the station's Web site. More to come. Earlier this week, stations in New York, Chicago, Boston and San Francisco announced layoffs, including local big names. In Boston, for example, long-time sports personality Bob Lobel was let go. In analyzing the situation, the Boston Globe said the layoffs mark the “end of the celebrity broadcaster in local television.”

Even though at that point he didn't post a “confirmation” from a source, I'd consider good enough for “breaking” about as much as C.J.'s article a few hours later.

Holy Cow Hilarious. And shameful. You should've  asked her about that time she “spotted” Robin Williams at the airport.

Embarrassing. She takes herself so seriously, I feel physical pain reading that.

Super duper Scooper? Middle name “Scoop” eh? Well I've got one of those I use in my backyard to clean up doggy-doo. “Scoop” certainly didn't get there first here…it's all over the place; hidden but appears when the snow piles melt. Somehow I missed a few.

And by the way, isn't “gossip columnist' at the low end of the reporter-pyramid; almost an extinct line of news trivia that disappeared some years ago? Who's scooping? Who's counting? Who cares?

What about the poor working stiffs. I'm confused. Minnesota Monitor is claiming a scoop and yet when it put up the word that Douglas had been canned, it attributed it to me.

From the sad commentary file: I spent a lot of time that day over at a truck stop in Wisconsin, talking to people who are barely making it what it's like to be an independent trucker. I got back to the newsroom and here the Paul Douglas rumor, so I call WCCO, get it confirmed, and put up some lame blurb about it.

So what happened, the paragraph about Douglas gets tons of page views and comments. The story about poor working stiffs going under in our midst gets nothing.

This has something to say about our obsession with the stars, but I'm too depressed to think too much about it.

Good job, by the way, getting the email from Douglas posted. Tip: Check the time stamps on CJs posts.

“The only winning move is not to play.” I agree with Bob Collins.This is the kind of exchange that really depresses me as a young pseudo-journalist. In the end, it's a dumb argument that's sucking up valuable time and energy that could be directed toward more meaningful pursuits. I wish you would remove this story and replace it with something of value to the community. The coverage of Douglas leaving is relevant (to an extent). This, however, is not.

Way to get pwned on that Larry Fitz Jr. Fatherhood scoop, Paul. Srsly though, Aaron, other than the smell, that Robin Williams imposter was game over. I'm lucky I write for a monthly.

D'oh! I wasn't claiming a scoop, but I guess I shouldn't have even wondered about one: I did hear about Douglas' firing from Bob's blog (via S4xton's Twitterfeed), but in my haste to post must've missed the website mention altogether. Scoop goes to Collins!

(And thanks for the great point about news that matters more.)

Senseless rambling follows Nah, I don't claim any scoop. I was just trying to get it off my desk. I still think the trucker's story is more indicative of a day in the life of the working person (g). 

One interesting thing in all of these markets (with the possible exception of WCCO, although there are buyouts coming), is every one of the CBS locales hacked at least one big name and a LOT of people nobody ever heard of before, who — perhaps — have more to do with the content that the “readers” with the big names. But nobody writes about them because they don't have the big names, and the people writing about the declining quality (myself included) don't mention that because we think the reader/listener/viewer won't care because we think they can only relate to the big names. (There's irony there somewhere, I'm just not sure where.)

Yet, I'm willing to bet that a producer or an editor who never gets on the air has more to do with the quality of the content than a lot of those who do get on the air, and the tenor of the post-layoff analysis has been that the layoffs are a sign of declining quality based mostly on the loss of the “big” name.

In the end, it's all showbiz.

Missing the point I do think that who scooped who is really missing the point . But, since we're counting, here's my scoop on Paul's departure:

http://scienceblogs….