tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post9127306014296957331..comments2023-12-20T11:32:15.997-05:00Comments on Billevesées: Brooks’ ‘Broadcast News’: A MemoirWilliam V. Madisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-52890964864168645172011-02-23T22:43:47.223-05:002011-02-23T22:43:47.223-05:00A very eye-opening perspective on a classic film a...A very eye-opening perspective on a classic film and on life inside a newsroom in the 1980's, albeit perhaps a little disheartening as well. (On the upside, William Hurt's hair looked awesome in 1987.)Robert Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14548329803545581760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-91427858062673668242011-02-20T12:08:34.510-05:002011-02-20T12:08:34.510-05:00Merci. I read Middlemarch while I was at CBS, and ...Merci. I read <i>Middlemarch</i> while I was at CBS, and came to perceive our newsroom as Eliot perceived the town: all of us came there with good intentions to do great things, but saw ourselves challenged and compromised over time. It was no coincidence, I thought, that one of Eliot's principal (and most idealistic) characters is a journalist. <i>Will Ladislaw, c'est moi.</i><br /><br />I'd tell you what my preconceptions were of the House of Morgan in the 1980s, but since they now hold my money, I think I'll let the matter rest.William V. Madisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18120331095634473021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2455126179375366490.post-71768492682590389362011-02-20T09:58:38.120-05:002011-02-20T09:58:38.120-05:00Once again, Bill, you have opened a little window ...Once again, Bill, you have opened a little window into your world, reached down and helped me clamber in. You lead me into places strange and various...I am almost sure it was the YouTube video of Yvette Horner and Boy George I watched after reading your FB post that prevented me from sleeping last night. Now, CBS...never thought of you guys as idealistic, but hey, so were many of us JP Morgan (!) trainees in the early '80sAnnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15001160819287702718noreply@blogger.com