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Distilling. The news is about how you get your news, right? Has this not been measured to death already? This is getting to be a Martha Stewart story.

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I agree with Brummett. What is newsworthy about placing a webcam at your place of work and broadcasting your every move like Ms. Fisher? I think the more likely story is that as a relatively attractive female she sees another way of gaining an audience.

Max, you forgot to comment on the extended coverage Ms. Fisher, her work and this "story" between her and Brummett have received on Blake's Think Tank.

Given much of the crap that ends up on TV news masquerading as news...there should be little wonder how we ended up with eight years of Monkeyboy, a based-on-lies war...well, ANOTHER based-on-lies war...and the biggest bank heist ever. Then there's the ongoing growth of newspapers that view investigative reporters as extras...as expensive luxuries that get between advertising staffs/profit margins. Good thing our education system is doing such a bang-up job educating our young folk about the connection between healthy thriving Democracies and healthy thriving media watchdogs...else we might get more of the last eight years...again and again.

Fisher's gossip is Enquirer TV...not news.

Now...here goes...grrr...

Ditto John! When I first became aware it was one of those YGTBKM's!

Shorter Brummett: You kids get the hell off my lawn!

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I think the bigger question: is John Brummett even relevent? How long will the grouchy old poot act last? Hopefully not much longer. There can only be one Andy Rooney. Thank God.

I've been skeptical about this Choose Your News gimmick, and even compared it to the old "Max Headroom" TV show recently. But I gave it a chance it the other day, and found it interesting to watch behind the scenes of a news gathering operation. Kristin Fisher may be one of those rare persons who can make it work without making a fool of herself. Now I've decided that it's a worthwhile experiment, and KATV deserves credit for trying it.

Brummett is a fine print journalist, but he's obviously having difficulty adjusting to the Internet age where the audience participates in the process. He's part of an old priesthood that is accustomed to dictating the news to his readers. The new media can't exercise such absolute control over deciding what is newsworthy, so it's hard for him to be open-minded about it. In my opinion, there is plenty of room for both the old and new styles of journalism.

One other thing: since Brummett is constantly complaining about "cowardly anonymity" on the Internet, he should set the example for all of us by disclosing the identities of all of his sources for his columns, and refrain from publishing information from anonymous sources.

My, aren't we all starting to sound like a pack of old dogs. "Whaaa, I'm not comfortable with this new news format. Therefore it's bad".

I haven't heard a solid argument against it yet. Brummett included. For those who haven't read Kristin Fisher's response, you owe yourself a look. She does a fine job of dispelling Brummett's original dis.

No doubt there is some of that 'old versus new generation' stuff going on; and no doubt Brummett is struggling to adjust to much of the new technology (as are the rest of us older folks). But as usual...it's not that black/white. Maybe Fisher's stuff is better than Brummett says...maybe Brummett, like so many of us, has a hard time distinguishing between Drudge/Britney Spears and a Fisher piece because the worst of the pop culture flash has blinded us to anything good.

I'll try to keep a more open mind to news presented in ways I'm biased against...I'll try. But there is a distinction between pieces like Fisher's (behind the scenes/pieces of life stories) and so-called straight news...and the news outlets should quit blurring the lines.

Brummett can't even comment on last week or months news before a story is all but dead. He may be publishing in cyber space, but he has shown a determination to cover old news... in an old person pearl-clutching manner.

If this young lady is ruffling Brummetts feathers... she must be doing something right.

Grandma told me 2 dozen times that color TV was causing brain cancer. Since she died of uterine cancer....I have to wonder how she watched her TV in later years?

I hope this keeps on keeping on. I am all prepared to watch Kristin Fisher's house cam. I promise to watch while she sleeps and keep LR 911 on my speed dial in case I see someone peeping in her window.

You know as crazy as that sounds, I actually did that for a woman in Fort Baptist on some webcam software thing that is long gone. If she snored, her mic didn't pick it up. I'm sure Kristin Fisher doesn't snore. More of her..........the world needs more of Kristin Fisher.