@bazzacollins @brokenbottleboy And the interview itself was a long wasted opportunity, saved only - incredibly - by the final day.
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@Colvinius@bazzacollins Your take on this is somewhat skewed I think. As you believe him to have been “all surface”! -
@brokenbottleboy@Colvinius Today that interview would have been the first hour only and wouldn’t have got the confession. -
@bazzacollins@brokenbottleboy But he wasn't backed by any network for the journalism. He launched the project as a purely commercial one. -
@Colvinius@brokenbottleboy I take your point, but he did so in the knowledge there was an appetite and budget for such interviews. -
@bazzacollins@brokenbottleboy There was only an appetite after he got the scoop: which he almost missed. Without that, no network would pay
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@bazzacollins ...it may come back to an extent. I don't think a billion blogs rewriting press releases satisfies reader, writer or market. -
@MattJEgan Let’s hope so.
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@bazzacollins cost of entry to market was huge so there was a tiny number of media outlets. That made the economics work, Nixon had to do itThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@bazzacollins@brokenbottleboy Sorry, but no. Frost personally wrote a cheque to Nixon for that interview. Literally chequebook journalism. -
@Colvinius@bazzacollins Calling it “cheque book journalism” is a hare’s breath from a slur… -
@brokenbottleboy@bazzacollins I think you mean a hair's breadth. But if it was a slur, it was hardly unusual at the time, when it was - End of conversation
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@bazzacollins Or investigations that end up leading nowhere? No one seems to want to back real investigative journalism@brokenbottleboyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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