Comments on: LA Times runs story on Southland cop on front page http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:46:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: FrankJ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-70325 FrankJ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:00:51 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-70325 Robert, you should check this out, lots of backlash from this stunt. LA Times reporters are speaking out against the ad buy. http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090409/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/ "We the journalists of the newsroom strenuously object to the decision to sell an ad, in the form of a phony news story, on the front page of the Los Angeles Times. The NBC ad may have provided some quick cash, but it has caused incalculable damage to this institution. This action violates a 128-year pact with our readers that the front page is reserved for the most meaningful stories of the day. Placing a fake news article on A-1 makes a mockery of our integrity and our journalistic standards." Robert, you should check this out, lots of backlash from this stunt. LA Times reporters are speaking out against the ad buy.

http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090409/los-angeles-times-staff-fake-news-story-embarrassing-and-demoralizing/

“We the journalists of the newsroom strenuously object to the decision to sell an ad, in the form of a phony news story, on the front page of the Los Angeles Times.

The NBC ad may have provided some quick cash, but it has caused incalculable damage to this institution. This action violates a 128-year pact with our readers that the front page is reserved for the most meaningful stories of the day. Placing a fake news article on A-1 makes a mockery of our integrity and our journalistic standards.”

]]> By: Jared http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-70067 Jared Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:33:29 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-70067 ya dave, because I'm sure no other city doesn't have a love affair with itself. To quote T.O. "I love me some me." ya dave, because I’m sure no other city doesn’t have a love affair with itself. To quote T.O. “I love me some me.”

]]> By: dave http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-70047 dave Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:11:48 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-70047 It's not going to matter. Even if the show does well in LA, which it might because of the hometown advantage, it won't do well in other markets. The rest of the country is tired of LA's love affair with itself. It’s not going to matter. Even if the show does well in LA, which it might because of the hometown advantage, it won’t do well in other markets. The rest of the country is tired of LA’s love affair with itself.

]]> By: HeroesforGhosts http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-70023 HeroesforGhosts Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:34:31 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-70023 I know newspapers need money, but that's kind of pathetic that the LA Times has sunk so low. I know newspapers need money, but that’s kind of pathetic that the LA Times has sunk so low.

]]> By: Alex http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69943 Alex Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:11:41 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69943 Mike you’re missing the domino effect. NBC pays for the LA Times ad. People who read the LA Times see the ad and may or may not be interested. However the upside to placing the LA Times ads is now Variety and countless others are posting stories about Southlands and how NBC has just taken out this front page ad in the LA Times for it. NBC paid for the LA Times ad, which reaches one section of the audience and then gets free publicity from Variety and others, which reaches another section of the audience and both set off a word of mouth for tonight’s debut. It’s all about the domino effect. Mike you’re missing the domino effect.

NBC pays for the LA Times ad. People who read the LA Times see the ad and may or may not be interested.

However the upside to placing the LA Times ads is now Variety and countless others are posting stories about Southlands and how NBC has just taken out this front page ad in the LA Times for it. NBC paid for the LA Times ad, which reaches one section of the audience and then gets free publicity from Variety and others, which reaches another section of the audience and both set off a word of mouth for tonight’s debut.

It’s all about the domino effect.

]]> By: Robert Seidman http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69940 Robert Seidman Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:10:35 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69940 Mike, but by whom? NBC or the LA Times? ;-) Mike, but by whom? NBC or the LA Times? ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69937 Mike Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:06:53 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69937 ... because everyone knows that the coveted 18-49 demo goes out and reads newspapers every day en masse. I see this as a sign of desperation. … because everyone knows that the coveted 18-49 demo goes out and reads newspapers every day en masse.

I see this as a sign of desperation.

]]> By: Dennis http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69920 Dennis Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:50:03 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69920 Well, they deserve credit for trying, I suppose. I saw the pilot and it was a fairy solid ripoff of The Shield, minus Vic Mackey. I will probably watch it when it starts. It could be a hit. Well, they deserve credit for trying, I suppose. I saw the pilot and it was a fairy solid ripoff of The Shield, minus Vic Mackey. I will probably watch it when it starts. It could be a hit.

]]> By: Jenna http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69891 Jenna Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:32:02 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69891 Wow...I hope for NBC's sake that Southland isn't a TOTAL flop... Wow…I hope for NBC’s sake that Southland isn’t a TOTAL flop…

]]> By: FrankJ http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69863 FrankJ Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:54:28 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69863 If they don't buy a spot in the online LA Times, I don't think anyone in the 18-49yr demographic is even going to see this "story". If they don’t buy a spot in the online LA Times, I don’t think anyone in the 18-49yr demographic is even going to see this “story”.

]]> By: Holly http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69858 Holly Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:35:29 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69858 You missed a tag somewhere, everything is in bold. You missed a tag somewhere, everything is in bold.

]]> By: Jared http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/04/09/la-times-runs-story-on-southland-cop-on-front-page/16362/comment-page-1/#comment-69855 Jared Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:33:31 +0000 http://tvbythenumbers.com/?p=16362#comment-69855 wow, NBC is staking a lot in Southland, aren't they? wow, NBC is staking a lot in Southland, aren’t they?

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