The most appalling things about that Atlantic article I wrote about earlier today is the fact that Stephen Bloom is a journalism professor. He doesn't just have this diseased, hate-filled mind, he gets paid to teach other people his biases.
Here is an interesting video that suggests that maybe journalists just don't like it that ordinary people have a good time and that they have thought this way for a long time now. The commentator's name is Ben Grauer and boy does it bug him that people are celebrating New Year's Even instead of worrying about all the stuff he wishes they would worry about.
The Last Psychiatrist, courtesy of whom I found this, has transcribed some of the patter:
Yeah, 'cause the reason they write the year in big letters is because people need to be told. No doubt Ben also thought that the reason people put the birthday boy or girl's name on the cake was in case people didn't know. Cheap cynicism doesn't get any cheaper than "you have it spelled out in big letters– didn’t know about that, 1966". I also like the non sequitur whereby the news that the Dow has set a new record high is followed immediately by our reporter saying "gloom at the homefront". Our reporter doesn't seem to like capitalism much. And then the comparison of the crowd to rodents. This is who we have trusted to give us news for decades!
Here is an interesting video that suggests that maybe journalists just don't like it that ordinary people have a good time and that they have thought this way for a long time now. The commentator's name is Ben Grauer and boy does it bug him that people are celebrating New Year's Even instead of worrying about all the stuff he wishes they would worry about.
The Last Psychiatrist, courtesy of whom I found this, has transcribed some of the patter:
On the side of the Allied Chemical Tower, you have it spelled out in big letters– didn’t know about that, 1966– So there’s the end of the year which was featured with the escalation of the war in Vietnam, and The Dow Jones hitting a new high, just 30 points shy of 1000 just today; gloom at the homefront; increasing war overseas– maybe this crowd senses that besides the warm weather we’re having, the sense of hope as Harriman and Kohler and Goldberg scurry about the world on the peace offensive…and an increase in social security tax for Medicare. So take it or leave it, you’ve got the new year of 1966.
And the traditional crowd which had been building to maybe 700000, one of the biggest we’ve seen in years, just like the lemmings of Norway, is scurrying off to their homes and parties. They may have a transit strike, some of them may be weary, we don’t know the story on that yet, nor does New York’s newest Republican Mayor, first in 20 years, John Lindsay….
Yeah, 'cause the reason they write the year in big letters is because people need to be told. No doubt Ben also thought that the reason people put the birthday boy or girl's name on the cake was in case people didn't know. Cheap cynicism doesn't get any cheaper than "you have it spelled out in big letters– didn’t know about that, 1966". I also like the non sequitur whereby the news that the Dow has set a new record high is followed immediately by our reporter saying "gloom at the homefront". Our reporter doesn't seem to like capitalism much. And then the comparison of the crowd to rodents. This is who we have trusted to give us news for decades!
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