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Sunday, September 26, 2004
HOW LAME IS THIS? An alert
Media Log reader sends along a Mark Steyn column that was published
in London's Telegraph on October 21, 2001. Here are some
lowlights:
At Thursday's press
conference, Dan was in his braces with his tie loosened, his shirt
button undone, and his sleeves rolled up. It's the look that says
you're a grizzled working reporter or that you're appearing in
a cheesy dinner-theatre revival of The Front
Page....
In contrast to the bald
formulations of BBC intros - "Kate Adie reports from Kabul" - Dan
prefers to provide his own running commentary on his colleagues:
"Bob Schieffer, one of the best hard-nosed reporters in the
business, has been working his sources. What have you managed to
uncover, Bob?" Bob then reads out a Congressional press
release.
So not only did Steyn apparently
make up a quote and stick it in Dan Rather's mouth last week, but
he's done it before, complete with the exact same reference to the
"cheesy dinner-theater revival" and Bob Schieffer's reading a press
release. This time, Steyn merely substituted "DNC" for
"Congressional."
Nice work if you can get it.
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Dan Kennedy is senior writer and media critic for the Boston Phoenix.
