Watch Ozzy Sell Out

[JohnT]

You know, I think I will watch Cavuto today. I'll have to leave work early to do so, but what the hell - it's a lovely spring afternoon, why not?

[JohnT]

I do hope you realize that if you do this, FoxNews will have subtly recast your organizations position to be "Anti-Old People" and not "Pro-Youth Rights".

[rah]

If you object to him because he holds different positions then yours, I don't see a problem. It's easier to use actual positions instead of generalizations, even though the result is the same.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by JohnT
I do hope you realize that if you do this, FoxNews will have subtly recast your organizations position to be "Anti-Old People" and not "Pro-Youth Rights".

Yep.. it is FoxNews.

[ColdWizard]

[Zoid]

Sell out

And which mugshot at the NYRA website is you? I´d guess third from the top, right?

[OzzyKP]

Actually I've got a good plan of attack. Not criticize Schaffer at all, but just complain over the general lack of diversity in the mainstream media. Bob Schaffer, for all his pluses and minuses, is yet another old, white, man. I'll challenge CBS to find someone much different, like an under-30, black or hispanic woman to be the new anchor.

Plus try to turn the discussion to discussing the general positive traits of youth over age. That young people may in fact be better folks to have in the news than old folks, because by and large youth are more open-minded and have fresh approaches to issues, whereas old folks are more set in their ways and prone to long standing biases.

I think I can actually do a good job on the show and still leave with my dignity. Make a plea for diversity, say positive things about youth, and maybe I won't be selling out after all. This will be good.

[chequita guevara]

Especially on Fox spews.

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Kamrat X
Sell out

And which mugshot at the NYRA website is you? I´d guess third from the top, right?

I'm Alex Koroknay-Palicz, so look for that. Heck, you can do a Google Image search for me. Cause I'm just that cool.

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Who in the name of all that's holy wants some pimply bumfluffed youth reading the news?

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Who in the name of all that's holy wants some pimply bumfluffed youth reading the news?

Better than a liver-spotty, senile geezer.

[Immortal Wombat]

They should have pre-voice-broken boys reading the news. Then if their voice cracks on air, the security guards come in and drag him crying out of the studio, and he can be replaced mid-show with a younger one. It would add a random period of excitement to the news every once in a while.

[Richelieu]

Originally posted by OzzyKP


Better than a liver-spotty, senile geezer.

*copies thread and sends it to Fox News*

[OzzyKP]

heh, that's what they want me to say anyways. So they'd love it if I said that on air, but no, I'm gonna keep my dignity No whoring today kiddies.

[Ming]

Ozzy...
One angle to take might be the "self fullfilling prophesy" approach.

Right now... the demographics for those that watch network news is highly skewed to older people. Young people currently aren't watching these programs, prefering to get their news from other sources... One could argue that they need to have somebody who can communicate with the older audience, and that's why they picked another old fart wasp.

Maybe... your point of view of going younger might help them attract a different and larger audience.

Frankly, CBS nightly news has simply sucked in the ratings... they have been in third place for ages. So by sticking to the tried and true method, they are almost saying they want to continue to be third in the ratings.

Why shouldn't they take a chance at this point with somebody fresh. Third place is third place... somebody new couldn't do any worse than they are currently doing.

What do they really have to lose at this point