Assumption
John Gruber links to Michael Gartenberg’s brief story about getting called for comment on Apple/EMI’s announcement:
Had another funny call with a media outlet this morning. When I called them back on the Apple/EMI news, first question was. “Do you think this is a bad thing for Apple and EMI.” When I said “no, it’s a good thing”, they said “thanks for calling but we only want to talk to someone who thinks this is a bad thing.”
Then Gruber opines:
This is exactly why so many people have so little respect for “the media”: because so many reporters are hacks. Gartenberg should name the outlet and, if possible, the reporter in question.
Not that I think that “the media” is great, but is it possible that the outlet already had enough analysts with good things to say about DRM-free music and were trying to find somebody to balance out the story? Just a thought. If I were a journalist I wouldn’t waste my time gathering more and more praise.
April 7th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
Well, it touches on The Big Debate going on in journalism right now, and that has to do with balance. One want to find balance in an article, but what if one side is just ridiculous? See “global warming”, and the realted problem of the entanglements of unbiased sources.
I think Gruber was getting excited about a real problem and misapplying it.