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Thursday, November 06, 2008


I'm sure glad I'm not the only one that found CNN's holodeck as pointless as it was stupid and creepy.
Nothing about the CNN "hologram" made sense. Part of the value of sending reporters to different areas to cover what's going on is to allow viewers to look beyond the onscreen reporter, and see the raucous environment. And it also affords the reporter the opportunity to walk around and show viewers some of the visual highlights at the event.

But with the help of its "hologram," CNN destroyed the value in sending a reporter, and instead made it, in the paraphrased words of Wolf Blitzer, "a more intimate setting" for the interview that eliminated all the noisy people that would have been standing behind her.
Really, really stupid idea. But good job on blowing a million dollar budget to get Jr. High production values.



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