Rocky Mountain News "tweets" dead boy's funeral, now (thankfully) being savaged

and if orders are to do this, do it as 'right' as you can. don't do a fucking play-by-play. have some respect for both the family, the situation and the job.

 

Re: Rocky Mountain News "tweets" dead boy's funeral, now (thankfully) being sava

And old pal of mine in the business once said, when I was lamenting a typo or something, "Don't worry. It's only in the paper one day." How long are these twitter things (and I don't even know how they work, or where you find them) available to be read?
It was a dumb idea, but if we fired people for dumb ideas, nobody would be left in the business.
Of course, almost nobody is now, but that's another story.

 

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Right.

 

so true.

 

Really? Funerals are public? Of public figures, sure. But of little boys? That would surprise me if that were true. I think if they didn't have permission to film/broadcast, they're in deep doo doo.

 

Sure they are public. Most funerals don't have guards at the door keeping people away.

However, generally reporters will ask if the family minds them being there as a courtesy.

 

Understood and agree. I'm in a position financially where I could and I'd be fine for several years. Not everybody is that way so I agree with what you stated. If I had to do it at risk of losing my security, benefits and income, I would but I'd be getting the hell out fairly quick.

I'm glad that we agree on the principle here and that is this was pure horseshit. For anyone who disagrees, find a new career and piss off.

 

Which part? Because physical violence accomplishes nothing. Same goes for yelling.

 

Most funerals are public.
Not all.

 

Big difference in being a silent observer who writes a story afterwards versus hammering away at the Blackberry for 90 minutes straight in THE MIDDLE OF A FUCKING FUNERAL.

 

Maybe his editor can hold him gently and whisper the words, "You're fired."

 

Oh, how I long for the days of Sonny Corleone, where he would shove a photographer and smash his camera on the ground just for snapping pictures of the license plates on cars of Mafia wedding guests. Threw a couple of bucks on the ground to completely belittle the guy.

Would love to have seen Sonny in action on this dweeb-dolt Tweetering away at a family member's -- a child's -- funeral. Maybe that's how you get paid in the "new media": You need someone to throw some money on the ground in the process of confronting and dispatching you and your gadget.

Proud. F***ing. Day. For the profession and for the RMN especially.