From yesterday’s WSJ Political Journal (subscription required):
"You're going to be up against people who have an opinion, a modem, and a bathrobe. All of my life, developing credentials to cover my field of work, and now I'm up against a guy named Vinny in an efficiency apartment in the Bronx who hasn't left the efficiency apartment in two years" -- Brian Williams, anchor of the "NBC Nightly News," speaking before New York University journalism students on the challenges traditional journalism faces from online media.
How unbelievably rich is that? Three years after Rather-gate, this Catholic University drop-out still thinks the blogosphere consists of shut-in half-wits. Perhaps Williams would enjoy matching résumés with Hugh to prove his point. I especially enjoy the risible self-regard of a guy who refers to his tireless development of “credentials to cover my field of work” when said “field of work” primarily consists of reading words off a teleprompter.
This quote proves again why Shepherd Smith will be the Cronkite of the 21st century. Practically alone amongst network anchors, he has the good sense to not take himself too seriously.
(Thanks to reader TK)
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