Today In Thompson is our semi-regular report on Syracuse University pop culture professor and professional quotation Robert Thompson — and the press' endless appetite to engage him in soundbite. Multiple times a day, you can find Thompson expounding on this celebrity or that TV show, ad infinitum. More to the point, it shows how lazy we can be in showing how lazy journalists can be when it comes to getting "insight" from "experts."
Oh no, it's been over a month since our last Today In Thompson. But fret not, concerned Syracuse University trustees: It's not for lack of material. On any given day, you'll find Bobby T. making the press rounds. Like today, for example. CONTINUED »
Today In Thompson is our semi-regular report on Syracuse University pop culture professor and professional quotation Robert Thompson — and the press' endless appetite to engage him in soundbite. Multiple times a day, you can find Thompson expounding on this celebrity or that TV show, ad infinitum. More to the point, it shows how lazy we can be in showing how lazy journalists can be when it comes to getting "insight" from "experts."
It's a slow news Monday (well, for some fields) which means we're digging into the weekend for this edition of Today In Thompson. Watch as everyone's favorite professor of pop culture (read that again, because it's his real title) expounds on professional wrestling, the iPhone, and G-rated movies. CONTINUED »
Today In Thompson is our semi-regular report on Syracuse University pop culture professor and professional quotation Robert Thompson and the press' endless appetite to engage him in soundbite. Multiple times a day, you can find Thompson expounding on this celebrity or that TV show, ad infinitum. More to the point, it shows how lazy we can be in showing how lazy journalists can be when it comes to getting "insight" from "experts."
• "So you get a lot of bang for those bucks, assuming it's something that everyone wants to see." — Discussing CNN's decision to give Paris Hilton air time, Forbes
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