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Efter lite letande lyckades jag komma över första avsnittet av spiffiga dokumentärserien "Tabloid Wars", som visas på amerikanska kabelkanalen Bravo. Man får följa de hårt arbetande och nyhetshungriga journalisterna på New York-tabloiden Daily News, hur de jagar stories innan deadline 22.30 och ständigt försöker vara före största konkurrenten New York Post.

CJR Daily intervjuade en av producenterna:

GB: What surprised you about the environment? From reviews, people seemed to be shocked that journalists work so hard and are so concerned with the truth. Did this surprise you as well?

BB: Those reviews certainly surprised me, and I resented them. I was not surprised by how incredibly hard everyone worked -- well, I was a bit, after being in a few workplace environments making documentaries, and I would say that the UCLA Hospital has nothing on how hard these journalists work. So, yes, to a certain extent it was surprising and impressive. But not because I thought journalists were lazy. But because you look at somebody like Kerry Burke who absolutely will not rest until he gets the story, and that's incredible no matter what environment you talk about.

Andra delen sänds i USA idag. Hoppas någon svensk kanal får för sig att köpa in serien. (Den lär distribueras gratis via iTunes i USA).

Relaterat:
&raqup; New York Times - "Seeing the News Distilled on Paper in 'Tabloid Wars'".