Generation of swine : tales of shame and degradation in the '80s by Thompson Hunter S

Author:Thompson, Hunter S [Thompson, Hunter S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Thompson, Hunter S
Publisher: New York : Vintage Books
Published: 2000-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

HST: Will network people be hired away for local stations?

ET: The local stations are getting more and more into network news operations and that is a major problem faced by the networks today. . . . The trend is for local stations to send their own person to that big story and satellite it back home so they show their own journalistic skill and they build their own image. For the 1988 Democratic Convention, there have already been request for parking for 280 trucks for individual television stations. . . . The technology has gotten so mobile to hit these new satellites that they don't need the networks like they used to. They can go do it themselves and look like heroes in their hometowns.

HST: Is this good news for us?

ET: Oh, yeah. Absolutely it is. The more the better for the viewer. The more volume you've got, the more opportunity you've got for someone like Bill Moyers to come along . . . It's a training ground for a lot of kids.

HST: So what do we have here?

ET: Your local news is going to get better, your network news is about as good as it going to get, the three network stars will remain stars, they'll have healthy audiences, but the action is no longer in those three shops in New York City.

HST: What are you people going to do?

ET: Live from everywhere. If the people explaining understand what the hell they're talking about, it doesn't matter how deep their voices are, it doesn't matter how pretty they are. If they don't understand what they're talking about they're going to be boring and they'll lose their audience and lose their jobs. The need for real journalists who can talk about what they know is going to grow as never before.

September 15, 1986

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