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Topic: Trash talk is problem in TV newsrooms
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| Iron Eagle | Posted – 11/2/2007 3:04:29 PM | show profile Trash talk is problem in TV newsrooms, research says (5/18/1999) By Lori Rader Communications Manager MUNCIE, Ind. -- Talking "dirty" at work is not considered acceptable behavior, but the television newsroom may be an exception. "Newsrooms are frequently populated with young, outgoing and outspoken people," said Bob Papper, telecommunications professor at Ball State University. "The positive energy that produces lively debates and creative television can also produce tasteless jokes and the kind of sexual banter that can lead to trouble." Papper and fellow Ball State professor Michael Gerhard interviewed news professionals nationwide to determine how common dirty talk is in the newsroom and what the industry is doing about it. The research, completed for the Radio-Television News Directors Association (RTNDA), revealed news staffs knew a problem existed. |
| ManhattanMatt | Posted – 11/3/2007 5:53:01 AM | show profile Just because "trash talk" exists in TV newsrooms ... ...doesn't mean it's a "problem". I think these Ball State professors have been in P.C. la-la land for too long and are woefully out of touch with the real world. |
| noname1234 | Posted – 11/3/2007 10:03:06 AM | show profile A few things spring to mind here -is the trash talk level different than in places with similar young, high-energy staff? -people who spend their days dealing in part with horrible, depressing new stories might use trash talk to let off steam and add humor to the depressing things they deal with -seems like sexual banter, etc. is only a problem if it bothers members of the staff. Did the study include anaylsis of the reaction to the banter? |
| Iron Eagle | Posted – 11/5/2007 5:25:14 PM | show profile hmmmmmmmmmm |
| bulletinizer | Posted – 11/5/2007 7:37:11 PM | show profile Truth telling is a filthy game! Newsrooms are by nature filled with "dirty talk" because you cannot filter life through a politically correct prism and expect to produce a gripping newscast. Freedom of speech, thought and expression are paramount in the news business. Period. If you can't tolerate sickening story lines or take offense to words, stay out of the news game... it ain't for the squeemish. |
| Iron Eagle | Posted – 11/6/2007 12:20:40 PM | show profile here's a change of topic for you one note morons.. |
