Farewell to that ship of fools in a raging cesspool...

[spygonz]

...and welcome to all who seek refuge in the prospect of civilty and sanity on this new site. Bon Voyage, Alan!

[col_square]

Yes. Let's keep it civil. I've had enough of TVSPY and the class of clowns that overran that place.

[spygonz]

Welcome aboard col_square, hopefully many more will soon lose their inhibitions/trepedation and sign on as well. But, then again, I suspect that many actually enjoy viewing and/or paticipating in the venom and venting on TVSPEW, far TOO much to ever let go. Some people just like throwing matches at gas pumps and rubbernecking at car wrecks...hmmm, sounds like the target audience for much of what we broadcast. I'm in the nearly 30 years in the NYC market and looking forward to leaving it ALL behind...

[solidpro]

Glad to see an alternative to the toilet bowl that has become TV Spy. Don Fitzpatrick has gotta be doing somersaults over what happening there. That site used to be good for career advice and what's going on at certain stations across the country, the latter especially helpful when job hunting. Are people going to ask stupid questions sometimes? Sure they are, but they don't have to be put down for it or are afraid to contribute over fear that they will be cussed out. Hopefully this site proves that you can have good discussion and debate without personal insults and the potty mouth mentality. As a 25-year veteran of the TV biz, I'm more than glad to leave the children behind and go where the adults play!

[rodrustrules]

my first post was "zapped."

(deletes site bookmark)

[Alan Mendelson]

I'm sorry, but you violated our rule about naming individuals in a critical manner. Whether a person is deserving of the criticism or not, I am not going to let this forum degenerate as the "other one" did and that is why your comment was removed. Your membership remains, and the moderators and I welcome your future posts. But this site is not going to be ruined as the other site was.

We all know about how the other site was destroyed and who helped to contribute to its ruin. Let's take a higher road here. I know you have a lot to contribute and I hope you will share your knowledge and insights here.

Thanks, Alan

[Jason Mendelson]

Hey all...

There are no issues with freedom of speach here. We just do not want to see threats towards named individuals or wishing people dead etc...

Welcome everyone and we look forward to this being a resourceful and respectful corner of the internet.

Users of this forum are welcome to send private messages to each other, give respect ratings, and report posts that are viewed as disrespectful to the moderators.

If a private message is received and you feel it is spam or inappropriate, please report it.

Cheers

[col_square]

Like other forums I've been on, all should be allowed EXCEPT for personal attacks on other members. This one rule pretty much weeds out the riff-raff.

[Jason Mendelson]

Like other forums I've been on, all should be allowed EXCEPT for personal attacks on other members. This one rule pretty much weeds out the riff-raff.

Agreed. Just don't say such and such should die etc and there should be no issues.

[orthicon]

maybe i am too old-school for today's media..after 42 years, maybe it HAS all escaped me..
but i was bothered no small amount by the basically slanted tenor of the beck coverage..

i hold no brief for beck at all.. but it did seem to me the rabid concern over how man people did or did not attend that rally completely overshadowed, if not eliminated, any serious questions about what the meaning of it all was.. what did beck accopmplish?..if anything..what was it all about?

have we in this business i used to love become so snarky that we can't any longer ask the legitimate questions that should have been asked?..that should still be asked?

or do the viewers really no longer care about context and meaning?

[gdiamante]

maybe i am too old-school for today's media..after 42 years, maybe it HAS all escaped me..
but i was bothered no small amount by the basically slanted tenor of the beck coverage..

i hold no brief for beck at all.. but it did seem to me the rabid concern over how man people did or did not attend that rally completely overshadowed, if not eliminated, any serious questions about what the meaning of it all was.. what did beck accopmplish?..if anything..what was it all about?

have we in this business i used to love become so snarky that we can't any longer ask the legitimate questions that should have been asked?..that should still be asked?

or do the viewers really no longer care about context and meaning?

Hey, Doug... We oughta start another thread on this.

It does seem to me that a lot of people ARE focused on the numbers reporting. And I have not seen an official count. I do know the crowd seemed smaller than I was expecting to see, but my view was through the two live cameras CNN Newsource was providing, and that's a limited outlook.

NPR's Robert Siegel did a good interview with Dr. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention yesterday. Dr. Land said it was all about returning to God, and not about politics. Here's the site for the transcript: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=129535008

Hmm. I wonder. Attendees were told not to bring political signs. I wonder if the focus on religion made attendance smaller? Because even 200-300,000 is a lot smaller a crowd than I would expect Beck to generate for an event like this.