Mr. George Putnam attacks entertainment!
Yesterday, local blog J-Wo posted an ominous warning on the state of renewable entertainment sources.
Are we really going into an entertainment crisis? Over the past few year’s scientist’s have been speculating that by the year 2013,our renewable entertainment sources will be wiped out.
I didn’t take the warning seriously until I saw this missive launched on YouTube by Mr. George Putnam, outstanding news reporter.
I wonder which of one of our entertaining on-air programs has upset Mr. Putnam so much? Was it Sex and the City, Desperate Housewives, The Bachelorette or what? These attacks must stop!
I know it wasn’t this blog that lit his fuse. The closest MusicCityTV has gotten to what’s acceptable on-air here is “crap,” “hell,” and “damn.” Mr. Putnam certainly won’t find on this or any other station blog the level of adult content and situations that occur on a daily basis in our daytime and primetime on-air programming. This station’s blogs are practically the Gideons Bible of our media offerings. And people love it.
So, what’s really bothering Mr. Putnam? Does he need a hug, or what? He should be proud of his mad video skills and throaty 50s vocals. I don’t know how he made that video look like it was from the 50s, but he needs a YouTube channel.
Being from Generation MySpace, I feel for Mr. Putnam. Change is tough. In my two weeks as an intern here, I know everyone here feels it. While the audience for the on-air news product steadily declines, the online audience is rapidly growing. Don’t take that personally, Mr. Putnam. People aren’t fleeing your outstanding news product and rushing to the internet for lewd and perverted content. People are getting their news online way before your scheduled broadcast on their own schedules. The last time people had the same schedule as you, Ronald Reagan was president.
But hold out hope, Mr. Putnam. Compared to on-air content, new media is providing a way cleaner product than the shows sandwiching your newscast. And you never know. Maybe one day the conversational-style that is connecting with an online audience might change newscasts as you know them. Connecting with an audience is hot.
