tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post1392810453480970390..comments2024-02-20T00:35:39.057-08:00Comments on The Lion's Den: 'Media Hollow' and The First HipsterGSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-48671005291083543452015-04-28T23:01:53.627-07:002015-04-28T23:01:53.627-07:00Very informative, keep posting such good articles,...Very informative, keep posting such good articles, it really helps to know about things. <br />Mobile App Developershttp://defuzed.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-46779049207049547662015-04-09T02:20:45.404-07:002015-04-09T02:20:45.404-07:00I don’t know how should I give you thanks! I am to...I don’t know how should I give you thanks! I am totally stunned by your article. You saved my time. Thanks a million for sharing this article.<br />Web Developers Delhihttp://www.webgarage.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-92010157437994868042015-03-26T03:11:58.842-07:002015-03-26T03:11:58.842-07:00I am extremely impressed along with your writing a...I am extremely impressed along with your writing abilities, Thanks for this great share.Start Business in Delhihttp://www.launchr.innoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-24954849026462613252015-02-12T15:53:05.203-08:002015-02-12T15:53:05.203-08:00You are quite right Dear Rachel but we were merely...You are quite right Dear Rachel but we were merely distinguishing them from cowboys and outlaws for our charming guests the Hattatts who I'm sure would always use their considerable influence. as would I, to help any Ranch Hand of good character get a horse and realize many a boy's lifelong dream of becoming a cowboy. We'd always want to help George Milton and his friend Lennie Smalls 'live off the fat of the land' and any man named Rowdy is always welcome in the Den or Red Lion and we'd even have a few table scraps for his mangy red bone hound.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-82870949406592494442015-02-12T12:05:19.004-08:002015-02-12T12:05:19.004-08:00AWWWW, Y'all. Don't be so hard on Ranch ...AWWWW, Y'all. Don't be so hard on Ranch Hands----they’re quite a breed in their own rights. <br /><br />The cream of the crop is George Milton, I think---everyman with too heavy a load to tote, but trudging on despite. And there’s also a little old nobody called Rowdy Yates, without whom perhaps . . .<br /><br />Who WOULDN'T invite those two to dine and talk WAY into the small hours? We'd set them up in the parlor and invite people over.<br />RachelDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11204947567574886675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-67988305087336654042015-02-12T06:12:28.575-08:002015-02-12T06:12:28.575-08:00Beguiling Claire,
It is often through the reading ...Beguiling Claire,<br />It is often through the reading and writing of fiction we discover higher truths. I'd recommend that you'll never find great artists among such great believers.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-62513402375117074142015-02-12T05:42:07.032-08:002015-02-12T05:42:07.032-08:00My dear GSL, whilst I certainly enjoy reading fict...My dear GSL, whilst I certainly enjoy reading fiction, I have yet to attempt writing it. I'm also a great believer in self-praise being no recommendation. ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-22061022476261279402015-02-12T03:19:18.936-08:002015-02-12T03:19:18.936-08:00Beguiling Claire, I'm sure you'd be far mo...Beguiling Claire, I'm sure you'd be far more effusively poetic in your journal the following day feeling the fullness of womanhood,..GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-47932486164929280822015-02-12T01:17:00.395-08:002015-02-12T01:17:00.395-08:00'Ranch Hand Supreme' sounds more like an o...'Ranch Hand Supreme' sounds more like an offering at a low rent burger joint than a sexy 'night move'...ClaireAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-26584804844558971942015-02-11T18:34:12.910-08:002015-02-11T18:34:12.910-08:00Jody,
This is rather confusing for the Den's v...Jody,<br />This is rather confusing for the Den's vast international audience not weened on American Telly news. You introduced me to another hip term so with American TV meeja, GSL is Donnatella !<br />GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-58724863036945459952015-02-11T18:25:45.521-08:002015-02-11T18:25:45.521-08:00As a boy growing up, my favorite TV show was the e...As a boy growing up, my favorite TV show was the evening news, I read our newspaper and news magazines from cover to cover and was always interested in hearing the best analysis from various political perspectives. What we have these days is too often biased info-tainment.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-42485004269535941412015-02-11T18:17:11.196-08:002015-02-11T18:17:11.196-08:00My dear Jill,
This 'suspension' is really ...My dear Jill,<br />This 'suspension' is really a move to buy time and keep all options open for NBC brass now on the hotseat themselves. Nobody really believes BW is coming back and they'd love him to resign and forgo over $45+mil still on his contract and it's a near certainty a financial settlement is being negotiated.<br />Norman Mailer could be quite a handful and many people shared your view but GSL loves big personalities or people full of themselves when they have genius level intellect which Mailer certainly did and BW clearly does not.<br />GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-47195278031003961302015-02-11T16:52:53.305-08:002015-02-11T16:52:53.305-08:00I honestly don't know what to make of the Will...I honestly don't know what to make of the Williams thing. Part of me thinks, Yeah, fire him, the other part thinks, As if every single one of those lead anchors didn't do Whatever It Took to get those jobs! I don't understand why NBC would suspend him. What's the point of that? As for Mailer, oh my dear GSL, I am not a fan and never was. He always seemed so full of himself (not unlike Brian Williams).Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062587289685203227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-30475190766101137622015-02-11T15:31:00.388-08:002015-02-11T15:31:00.388-08:00We're becoming infected by the US style news r...We're becoming infected by the US style news reading anchor here too… I was watching CNN (which we get the Asian version of here in OZ, it's based out of Hong Kong), and watched a former Australian news reader reading something horrifying (maybe about ISIS or terrorism) in this glib plastic newsreadery voice that is not the norm here. No sense of gravity or horror. <br />But all the made up stuff takes the cake. Makes Will Farrel's Anchorman movie look like it was actually based at NBC headquarters…<br />I watch our SBS news for a true picture of World News. It's kind of the Migrant tv station representing cultural diversity here, so they cover conflicts/ politics etc in all sorts of parts of the world that otherwise won't make the mainstream news. Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01432089507602828735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-58380912596940327812015-02-11T15:12:27.271-08:002015-02-11T15:12:27.271-08:00I never grew up with any of these people and never...I never grew up with any of these people and never watch American news so I know Mailer from Vanity Fair at the dentist but that's about it. Like the media hollow thingy though...<br />There was a great piece about meeja stars and celebs on NPR, talk by a philosopher and he said they've (he and his philosopher colleagues) have joined the long list of talking heads interpretating all that going on. They set up a new website. He said after his colleague sold 300 books about pure philosophy and they looked at the MailOnline stats (40 million hits a day) they thought better to join in rather than try and forge ahead as they were..About Last Weekendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04716571630418078937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-69283131578353138602015-02-11T10:51:14.207-08:002015-02-11T10:51:14.207-08:00I think Big Ears Teddy would like to watch me teac...I think Big Ears Teddy would like to watch me teach Jian G some manners.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-75896624986451561132015-02-11T10:34:17.168-08:002015-02-11T10:34:17.168-08:00Hehe good point G.
We're all scarred by the J...Hehe good point G. <br />We're all scarred by the Jian scandal! I listened to him for years, now I can only think of these three creepy words when I read his name: Big Ear Teddy. DaniBPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02633155240779845497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-7815427947060786612015-02-11T10:25:34.246-08:002015-02-11T10:25:34.246-08:00I haven't seen a network evening newscast in a...I haven't seen a network evening newscast in at least 15 years but monitor events via RealClearPolitcs,a news consolidater, NYT subscription, Chicago Tribune subscription, Wash. Post, etc. We all had a giggle when they baited that trap for Dan Rather just prior to the 2004 Presidential Election that only would have worked if DR was stupid, lazy, and irresponsible and he outperformed everyone's wildest dreams in all 3 of those categories as he rushed in, seized with self-righteousness, and immediately went on air without even the slightest bit of vetting as he had the story of his dreams....even Evelyn Waugh couldn't create a character as ridiculous as Dan Rather.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-68186576031628101392015-02-11T09:51:21.558-08:002015-02-11T09:51:21.558-08:00I've often wondered, is a pure journalism even...I've often wondered, is a pure journalism even possible? I suppose there would be a better chance if media wasn't revenue driven and if the general public were more responsible and intelligent decision makers but as it is we just have to use our common sense. Unfortunately I don't think this is very probable for many.<br />I didn't catch the details on the Brian Williams story-why would he have to embellish his involvement in a news story? Was it an attempt to improve ratings? If the journalists are more exciting that means the news is more informative? <br />Ugh-I dont watch news anymore. If something is important I will look into it thru a couple of different sources but other than that the whole circus bores me. <br />Bebehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16890730800940018414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-68887200147032523812015-02-11T07:45:15.771-08:002015-02-11T07:45:15.771-08:00BW certainly is toast and those 2 ladies running N...BW certainly is toast and those 2 ladies running NBC News are trying to save their own jobs now as Maureen Dowd reported in her Sunday column they had prior knowledge of BW's nose growing, did nothing, and signed him at 5yrs/$50+mil and they just had a mess with Meet The Press/David Gregory and the Today Show/Matt Laurer/Ann Curry. Expect a higher body count.<br /><br />My 'Estella' always had a big crush on Peter Jennings so I may bear a grudge but I'll never forget an interview he did with Jerry Brown very early in a Democrat Presidential primary with Jennings beginning the interview with:"So Governor Brown, you can't win so what are you trying to accomplish...." Brown was obviously furious at such unprofessional arrogance as was I but apparently the ABC brass felt PJ was entitled to make such pronouncements from on high. I remember never missing Walter Cronkite as a kid and remember his last broadcast. Tom Brokaw always has been a class act.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-14485146231850949422015-02-11T07:30:51.495-08:002015-02-11T07:30:51.495-08:00I have watched Brian Williams since Peter Jennings...I have watched Brian Williams since Peter Jennings died. Maybe he embellished his stories because he thought they were too drab, otherwise? The whole thing is tragic. He should just RESIGN right now and be done with it. Forget the six months leave w/o pay, he's toast. And he isn't a Peter Jennings, either - I adored that man.Vavahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09403948691359698818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-88014161203732108362015-02-11T06:34:34.546-08:002015-02-11T06:34:34.546-08:00Darling J & L,
I do beliece you'll be plea...Darling J & L,<br />I do beliece you'll be pleased to know, and hopefully soon witness that GSL has a vast arsenal of 'Night Moves' that some say inspired Bob Seger's little ditty. Over the years they have been given names by the mumerous young pups that watch, wonder, and hope to one replicate. One such 'night move' from GSL's mid-range is known as 'Ranch Hand Supreme' which has proven enormously successful over the years and would be more than enough to vanquish the beguiling Claire or any such vixen showing up in a 'peekaboo of naughtiness'...GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-1794419318835068712015-02-11T06:15:01.889-08:002015-02-11T06:15:01.889-08:00Darling G,
Thank you so much for pointing out the...Darling G,<br /><br />Thank you so much for pointing out the distinctions between outlaws, Cowboys and ranch hands. An outlaw strikes us as a daring adventurer, a cowboy in all but name is a maverick in our eyes.......but, a ranch hand.....no, darling G, we are sure that you understand.....no, a ranch hand would never do!Jane and Lance Hattatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831890261259302647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-55224875926590450862015-02-11T05:38:27.592-08:002015-02-11T05:38:27.592-08:00I agree Wendy as I've polished up an anecdote ...I agree Wendy as I've polished up an anecdote with a little artistic license in blogtopia for a giggle but actively court a persona of unserious bombast & bluster with alter ego alias, avatar, etc. BW lies to advance his own cause and pick winners and losers in the arena of politics.GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6421822117996903245.post-34263280461840392122015-02-11T05:32:28.669-08:002015-02-11T05:32:28.669-08:00Darlings J & L,
I also have no telly but still...Darlings J & L,<br />I also have no telly but still monitor developments from my drab bunker. The Den always likes to know the 'lay of the land' prior to mission.<br />I do believe they said 'outlaw' with no horse or gun in that charming vid as a horse is a requirement for any cowboy or he faces reduction in rank to 'ranch hand'....GSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04903412564467078538noreply@blogger.com