PRrag: All the news that's fit to spin » podcast http://prrag.com Journalist John M. Guilfoil's blog and portfolio Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:44:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Is it ok to cheer for your own coverage? http://prrag.com/2009/10/12/is-it-ok-to-cheer-for-your-own-coverage/ http://prrag.com/2009/10/12/is-it-ok-to-cheer-for-your-own-coverage/#comments Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:20:22 +0000 John Guilfoil http://prrag.com/?p=420 In this month’s first-ever Blast Cover Podcast, I bring up an interesting journalism question.

Blast recently got an exclusive interview with the cast of “Hank,” Kelsey Grammer’s latest return to prime time.

We did a great story, and we were happy to have the access. But there was one problem: The show stinks. It’s getting bad ratings and worse reviews.

The good thing is that interviews and reviews are done by different reporters, but my question was: Is it ok to cheer for or hype a show because of our coverage? We gave the show a bad review but still pumped the interview.

Any thoughts?

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