Beverly Hills -- The media might be overplaying the significance of the tea party movement, CNN anchor Campbell Brown suggested late Tuesday during a political discussion at the Milken Institute Global Conference.
Paraphrasing a story from the news Web site, Politico, Brown said: “The media didn’t see the tea party coming, and now are sort of over-compensating by giving these guys way more attention than they deserve.”
Actually, said David Frum, it’s more simple than that: “The media loves people who come to demonstrations in funny costumes,” the right-leaning Time magazine columnist said.
He added that the media has a structural problem with their coverage of tea party rallies. “You can show all the people who come to a demonstration; it’s very difficult to show the people who don’t come.”
Frum said the tea partiers, who have been protesting nationwide in favor of smaller government, are...
Paraphrasing a story from the news Web site, Politico, Brown said: “The media didn’t see the tea party coming, and now are sort of over-compensating by giving these guys way more attention than they deserve.”
Actually, said David Frum, it’s more simple than that: “The media loves people who come to demonstrations in funny costumes,” the right-leaning Time magazine columnist said.
He added that the media has a structural problem with their coverage of tea party rallies. “You can show all the people who come to a demonstration; it’s very difficult to show the people who don’t come.”
Frum said the tea partiers, who have been protesting nationwide in favor of smaller government, are...
- 4/28/2010
- by By Paul Bond
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The most buzzed-about new comedies of the fall, ABC's "Modern Family" and NBC's "Community," are single-camera shows. And all major comedy-series Emmys for the past two years have gone to single-camera shows.
But multicamera comedies are hotter than they have been in years. They dominated early pitch sales in the summer, sparking heated bidding and landing major commitments.
Of the comedy projects with production commitments so far this season, only Greg Garcia's "Keep Hope Alive" at Fox is single-camera. A number of production commitments have gone to multicamera projects, including Mark Brazill's "The Rednecks & Romeos" at Fox, Matt Tarses' "True Love" at CBS and Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith's "18 Years" at ABC, with several more pending.
"Multicamera comedy is absolutely making a comeback this development season," said Glenn Adilman, head of comedy at Sony TV, which is behind a number of high-profile new multicamera projects, including "True Love" and "18 Years.
But multicamera comedies are hotter than they have been in years. They dominated early pitch sales in the summer, sparking heated bidding and landing major commitments.
Of the comedy projects with production commitments so far this season, only Greg Garcia's "Keep Hope Alive" at Fox is single-camera. A number of production commitments have gone to multicamera projects, including Mark Brazill's "The Rednecks & Romeos" at Fox, Matt Tarses' "True Love" at CBS and Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith's "18 Years" at ABC, with several more pending.
"Multicamera comedy is absolutely making a comeback this development season," said Glenn Adilman, head of comedy at Sony TV, which is behind a number of high-profile new multicamera projects, including "True Love" and "18 Years.
- 9/14/2009
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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