Warning. Self-back-patting ahead:
It seems there's a blog called Metaquerque at blogspot.com. And the author, one Dagwood, visited my new blog and wrote some kind words. Here they are:
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Alpert's Truth
Alpert's Truth is written by semi-retired Albuquerque journalist Arthur
Alpert, and is one of the most uniquely entertaining blogs around.
January 4:
It is fascinating to watch the process by which "television news"
becomes a contradiction in terms. One facet is the pairing of
anchors with public officials. They all do it; most recently, Dick
Knipfing of Channel 13 partnering with Bernalillo County Sheriff
Darren White on behalf of a good cause.
How old am I? So old I remember when news organizations and
government had an adversarial relationship.
January 3:
"Starting Sunday, the Journal is joining with KOAT-TV to provide
in-depth coverage..."
That's from the front page of the Albuquerque Journal this
morning.
Yes, these days newspapers and "TV news" work together, whereas we
used to rely on daily newspapers to review and critique TV.
No more. Now they're partners. Marketing, you know.
Our loss.
January 2:
The young man taking tickets at the Century 14 downtown recently
was wheel chair-bound. Very verbal, outgoing fella. Hiring him
speaks so well for the Century chain that I will forgive them
(this time) for making me sit through 20 minutes of movie trivia,
trailers, local ads and slides asking me to appreciate the lack of
ads.
His cranky diatribe against superficiality in popular culture in the Tribune
is also worth reading:
When I hear, "That guy has attitude," I wonder, "Oh, what is it?
Toward what?"
Wrong. They mean he's edgy. I think.
Last month, La Montanita's Coop Connection wrote: "We would like
to begin to again grow our membership."
They want taller members?
The detail I love here is that Alpert actually reads Coop Connection. [Link
via New Mexico Politics with Joe Monahan.]
Posted by: Dagwood / 1/6/2004 11:53:10 AM
Cranky commentary? From me?
Posted by Arthur Alpert at January 11, 2004 01:29 PM