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Topic: Letters Sent to Romenesko
Date/Time: 3/8/2007 2:13:37 PM
Title: How could Hartlaub forget about Kolchak?
Posted By: Jim Romenesko
 
From GLENN GARVIN, Miami Herald: Peter Hartlaub's critique of Hollywood portrayals of newsrooms in the San Francisco Chronicle was wholly inadequate. First, he unfairly criticized Drew Barrymore's performance as a copy editor in "Never Been Kissed." Sure, she had her own office, which is unusual. But give the film credit for adding details of a copy editor's job that are often omitted from films: Namely, that she used of pencils and 3x5 cards to edit stories, and had a staff of fact-checkers.

Hartlaub also failed to mention the best newspaper show of all time, ABC's "Kolchak: The Night Stalker." Darren McGavin played reporter Carl Kolchak, who week after week busted his butt on investigative pieces uncovering rings of vampires, werewolves and zombies, only to have every single one spiked by his craven, lickspittle editors. Fierce pressure from ASNE and other special-interest lobbies got the show shut down after a single season, and ever since, vampires and their slavering editorial quislings have gotten a free pass from Hollywood. [Permalink]

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