Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/11/24

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Subject: Re: [Leica] DEADLINE I*AQ - Uncensored Stories of the W*r - CBC
From: Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@pacbell.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:49:02 -0800
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Eric

This was hardly a "sweeping generalization".  Just read what I said.
"Some TV stations HERE".  If you think this is a sweeping etc., I have
lost the ability to communicate with you.

So I won't try.

Jerry

Eric Welch wrote:

> You are wrong. It all depends on the station and the company they work
> for. Some are truly photojournalists. I see their work at NPPA events
> and some of there are every bit the photojournalist that most still
> photographers are (and aren't). Such sweeping generalizations (of which
> I am too often guilty on such discussion lists) are usually too broad
> to be accurate. And this is most certainly one of them.
>
> Ever hear of "One man bands?" It takes a photojournalist to do even a
> mediocre job when there's no reporter to boss them around.
>
> On Nov 24, 2003, at 5:15 PM, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
>
> > Some TV stations here have the nerve to call the camera holders "Photo
> > Journalists"!  All they do is point the camera where the reporter or
> > director
> > tells them to!
>
> Eric Welch
> Carlsbad, CA
> http://www.jphotog.com
>
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> martyrs it has created. You cannot threaten any individual and escape
> the consequences."
> --  Frank Herbert
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