Tuesday, 15 July 2008
Keeping things straight
Poynter Institute’s Kelly McBride asks the musical question:
Which is true. But what does this have to do with “journalism?â€
If what you’re committing is intended as “satire,†then it may be literary composition exhibiting wit, parody, ridicule, irony, sarcasm, word-mongering, scrivenage, or perhaps just bloviation while in proximity to a keyboard.
But it sure as hell ain’t “journalism.â€
Many budding pressmen have difficulty understanding this.
You will go far– provided you don’t confuse the two.
All success,
Old Grouch
Poynter Institute’s Kelly McBride asks the musical question:
But is there still room for satire in journalism?and then tries to answer it:
I sure hope so.There follows a tortured, discursive examination of The New Yorker’s Obama cover, complete with cautions to editiors that, while “clued-in regular readers who already get what the publication is up to†will have no trouble understanding what’s going on, posting something on the web exposes it to all the riff-raff (“newbiesâ€), who might not, you know, be in on the joke.
Which is true. But what does this have to do with “journalism?â€
Dear Kelly,
If what you’re committing is intended as “satire,†then it may be literary composition exhibiting wit, parody, ridicule, irony, sarcasm, word-mongering, scrivenage, or perhaps just bloviation while in proximity to a keyboard.
But it sure as hell ain’t “journalism.â€
Many budding pressmen have difficulty understanding this.
You will go far– provided you don’t confuse the two.
All success,
Old Grouch
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