2 thoughts on “"A Gentleman's Agreement"?: great moments in radio reporting”
Bob Yatessaid:
I thank Mike for noting this little item. Of course, I wanted to be at the demonstration, but I had teaching obligations.
I have been thinking about this report. Should I be outraged or flattered?
Outraged that I’m not recognized by the person at the radio station. Being really fat with curly silver hair, I’ve been told I don’t exactly blend into a crowd.
Flattered because they know me well-enough that I would want to be there so even though I wasn’t there in person I was there in spirit. (Perhaps, they recognized my well-known spirit.)
In the end, I have this puzzle. If a reporter reports that someone was at a demonstration who wasn’t really at the demonstration, was the reporter actually there?
If a Christmas tree falls in the quadrangle and the KOKO radio website reports that it was Bob Yates, does it make a sound?
— MrJM http://twitter.com/misterjayem
I thank Mike for noting this little item. Of course, I wanted to be at the demonstration, but I had teaching obligations.
I have been thinking about this report. Should I be outraged or flattered?
Outraged that I’m not recognized by the person at the radio station. Being really fat with curly silver hair, I’ve been told I don’t exactly blend into a crowd.
Flattered because they know me well-enough that I would want to be there so even though I wasn’t there in person I was there in spirit. (Perhaps, they recognized my well-known spirit.)
In the end, I have this puzzle. If a reporter reports that someone was at a demonstration who wasn’t really at the demonstration, was the reporter actually there?
If a Christmas tree falls in the quadrangle and the KOKO radio website reports that it was Bob Yates, does it make a sound?
— MrJM
http://twitter.com/misterjayem