Bravo's "Tabloid Wars"

I thought it was pretty good, by which I mean well put together.
Everyone looks like a "hard-boiled newsman" (no women in sight, really).
The guy they had knocking on doors in Howard Beach trying to find relatives of this race attacker was a classic: disheveled, crude, messy-looking.
It was sort of strange when they cut back and forth to both sides of a phone conversation, with the other end of the conversation dubbed in. It sort of sounded like they had done a retake. I guess they had a lot of cameras following them. But they seemed to stay out of sight and weren't part of the story.

The format, of course, makes the jobs seem far more dramatic than they really are, because they skip all the down time. And the decision-making process about how lurid to make the next day's headline was pretty interesting.

The only thing I wondered about was who actually wrote the main story. The reporters were out in the field. They didn't really address that. I don't think Mr. Disheveled was typing in a laptop in the taxicab and sending it via cell phone.

Enough, already, about the guy following Christian Slater's fondling situation getting married the next day. OK, we get it. You're getting married, but you're still dedicated to stalking Christian Slater. Given how reluctant you were to leave the office that day, of all days, good luck with that. ;D

 

i loved the shots of the editors with blank looks on their faces. did the asian one ever speak? ??? ???

 

Finally getting around to watching this one. I like it so far, although it definitely zips through the process. I thought to myself, if they came in and did a reality show of the department I work in, a lot of it would be us waiting for phone calls, sitting and covering games or talking about fantasy baseball and movie.

I get a kick out of Hud, the gossip columnist. Carson Kressley, a Bravo bretheren of the show, completely turned his back on the guy at a party. Go figure.

 

Hilarious.

 

Hud's attitude is misplaced..shouldn't he be working his sthick at the Lady? He's a dick

 

That being said..The show puts the NYDN is a whole new light for me. After two freelance gigs and what was a long day..I DVR'd it and watched at 3 am..

 

I don't want to watch the gossip-gathering shit.

Have they done anything with the police reporting yet?

 

Just in case we all forgot that we're a celeb-obsessed country. Even the lady that does the wacky feature stories has more merit than a damn gossip columnist. The prostate story is probably the only bit of real news Hud has ever written. Know why? Because he's not "Kerry fucking Burke."

 

Police reporting was a big part of the 2nd episode (so was gossip-gathering, too)

 

Kerry Burke at the Harry Potter book release was priceless.

 

This has been great TV. I'm sure this series will be used as instructional material at some J-schools this fall.

 

what a joke. the top editor is britiish or australian. one of the featured reporters has a thick boston accent. and both these guys talk about "my city." couldn't they have found a isreal new yawk reporter to tail?

and the gossip emphasis drives me nuts. the daily news has a first-rate sports section, but the front of the paper is as every bit cartoonish as the n.y. post.

and is there any more of an obnoxious figure than the young gossip intern, that waspy hudson somebody?

at least we learned last night that the asian editor can speak.