what do you think when you see a talking doll on tv…
02 Oct 2009 3 Comments
in society problems Tags: fake, funny, journalism, montenegro, problem
…telling you how 5000 people died in some distant country while at the same time trying to smile and look pretty for the camera?
i am a cub reporter. i don’t know if you knew, but apparently, that is how they call us, beginners in this business. and, no, i am not 180 centimeters tall and work as a talking doll on one of the local private tv station. i actually write.
hey, i started this blog to practice my writing skills. and to make people laugh. you know, those people with a sense of humor, that do not offend easily. i will talk about that later, i am getting off the subject.
so, there are these tv stations in montenegro whose program is less informative and educative than teletubbies (but just as colorful). when you have a tv show whose program looks like it has been thought up by a bored sociopath who just wanted to hurt people by making them more… well, stupid, then you can actually say you have failed as a tv station. or in some of their cases, succeeded. maybe they want us to be the nation of idiots, doesn’t that make it easier for them to sell us stuff?
“journalism school?! what the hell do you need that for…?” one of my colleagues in college quoted a doll today in class. do you mind if i call them dolls? thanks.
well, it’s really what they think today… journalism school is unnecessary. what you NEED to have is no brain, so it is easier for the whole crew. “here, this is the text some journalist wrote in some agency. read it, who cares if we stole it or not.” she does not care, she gets to be on tv. oh, how fun! her dream came true. she can now read someone else’s hard work and not care that much about that. what she does care about is, do these jeans match that shirt, and maybe this skirt should be shorter.
it’s not every day you get to be on tv in a 600 000 people country. ha! i think everyone in montenegro has been on tv at least once.
but they are different! they are special.
there are journalists in montenegro today. real ones. really, there are. even on tv stations. they are people who work hard, create their own tv show, write, edit, do it all. “clap clap clap” to that.
aaah, editors. don’t like those. i don’t think any journalist likes that editor whose sole purpose in life is to butcher their piece. don’t get me started on that.
i’ll leave it at that for now.
all the love,
