A post 9-11 broadcast worth re-visiting
As a PR person, maybe I should say that my favorite outlet is The New York Times or The Washington Post, USA Today, or any of the major broadcast networks. Something more… prestigious.
But before I am a PR person, I am a part of my family; the daughter of a former Chief Fire Marshall, stepdaughter to a current fire Captain, daughter to a former shock-trauma nurse, and stepdaughter to a Deputy Sheriff. Half of the people I just listed were also first responders to the Pentagon on September 11, 2001. The tragedy of humanity and the reality of the news hits all too close to home for me on a regular basis.
This is why my favorite news shows to turn on at night are on Comedy Central. Maybe that is off-kilter given my profession and what I do here at The Borenstein Group, but it is okay. I do read, watch and listen to plenty of other resources and find them all of certain value to my clients. It all depends on specific objectives.
Today I re-tweeted (@CarlynKelley) a link to Fred Benson’s blog post that someone posted on Twitter. There he reminded readers of Jon Stewart’s powerful and honest reaction to 9-11 on his first broadcast after the tragedy. It reinforces what I’ve always said about it being okay to like getting your news from The Daily Show, Colbert Report and other “fake news” sources, which is:
Laughing or crying, blatant or subliminal, those guys have got it right because there lies a degree of honesty and they usually try to take the edge off of how crazy the world is. If nothing else, they are thought-provoking. I challenge the term “fake news” because hasn’t it always been said that the reason why comedy is funny is because we can relate and deep down… we all know it is true?
Watch the video:
John Stewart’s Reaction to 9-11
