Old, New Media Clash At Annual Radio & TV Gala
Wednesday's annual Radio & Television Correspondents' Association Dinner was a classy affair, as always, replete with political celebrities from both sides of the aisle; TV personalities; and a host of other D.C. power brokers. Comedian and blogger Mo Rocca was the featured entertainer and his observations about old and new media elicited a chuckle -- at least from those of us who like to straddle the line between the two worlds.
Rocca, who writes the blog Mo Rocca 180 (whose tagline is: "only half as tedious as the regular news"), riffed about the extent to which the radio and TV business is considered cutting-edge, mentioning the industry in the same breath as cave-painting. He also asked whether there were any bloggers in the audience (and made a joke about them courageously leaving their parents' basements).
In this reporter/blogger's humble opinion, Vice President Dick Cheney's shtick got more laughs. He started his speech by donning the wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses that created a buzz in the blogosphere last week. Read about that uproar here. More coverage of the dinner can be found at FishbowlDC here and the Washington Post here.
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