That's one of the inevitable first questions when we're talking up our business plan. When the question rolls out, you can tell that the expected answer involves the twenty-something digital natives.
But it's also older readers in the mold of Ken Ferree, the new President of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting:
The problem for me is that I do the Internet news stuff all day long, so by the time I get to the Lehrer thing . . . it's slow. I don't always want to sit down and read Shakespeare, and Lehrer is akin to Shakespeare. Sometimes I really just want a People magazine, and often that is in the evening, after a hard day.
You know, I can't figure out if Ferree's comment is a compliment or a shot at Jim Lehrer.
If you're Lehrer you gotta weigh the following:
1) You're slow, and your CEO thinks your show stinks, but
2) He just called you "akin to Shakespeare [that's good right?],
3) However, he'd rather read "People" than "Much Ado About
Nothing" [but then, what's the real difference between those].
I don't know - Maybe a draw for Jim Lehrer, at least he got mentioned, while Charlie Rose did not.
My best to Kincaid's Hambugers in Fort Worth,
I shall return
Sam Ernesto
Posted by: Sam Ernesto | April 24, 2005 at 08:57 PM
Always glad to get a note from a conoisseur of fine burgers.
Not sure how to take these comments either, but I'm in a bit of a "when you're looking for a hammer, everything looks like a hammer" mindset these days. I realized when I posted this that most folks reaction to the interview piece would be negative.
I have a feeling that this is yet another case where it would be nice to have a link to full transcript, or even audio of the interview.
Posted by: Mike Orren | April 25, 2005 at 08:16 AM