http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58364-2001Jun12.html 'The Beast': Headline Snooze 2001-06-13 03:15:13 The "beast" is World News Service, a CNN-MSNBC-Fox News Channel-like animal that earned its nickname because "it always needs feeding," in the words of one of the network's many harried employees. In tonight's premiere, the viewer is fed quite a bit, though most of it is hard to swallow. [...] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010613/en/ap_on_tv_mrs_landingham_1.html 2001-06-13 07:10:05 Jackson Burns is a media mogul who has built a 24-hour broadcast news organization like no other. His unique team of reporters not only cover the stories but are covered as well: Cameras in the halls, in their cars and behind closed doors document the inner workings of World News Service (WNS) - a k a The Beast. [...] http://www.arizonarepublic.com/smartliving/articles/0613goody13.html Ferociously true 'Beast' is (groan) false 2001-06-13 05:15:21 A prospective employee of World News Service, a TV news network, asks why people call the station "the Beast." "Because it's always hungry," the woman interviewing her replies. Well, duh. That's about as subtle as The Beast, ABC's new drama, gets. Disappointed you didn't see Timothy McVeigh executed? You'll get your chance here to see capital punishment, albeit fictionally - and not by lethal injection, either. We're talking electric chair. [...] http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/features/hodges/939163 Fictional newsroom drama stretches viewers' credibility 2001-06-13 05:21:12 The Beast is a new hourlong drama series that sets up a new way of satisfying the insatiable appetites of cable news channels. A shark frenzy of media madness feeds The Beast's premiere tonight, in this fictional newsroom stew created by Kario Salem... Harry, a shadowy Big Brother whose Internet cameras eavesdrop on everyone in sight and feed their every dilemma live to the World Wide Web. [...] http://web.thestate.com/content/columbia/2001/06/13/life/13picks.htm Cameras are everywhere in 'The Beast' 2001-06-13 05:41:40 In "The Beast," Frank Langella plays Jackson Burns, the fanatical media mogul who founded the 24-hour WNS (World News Service) and is obsessed with allowing the public to know everything no matter what.... Burns' insistence on having cameras cover his own reporters in action isn't done for sensationalism. He believes journalists long ago lost their objectivity, at the expense of honesty and truth. The cameras are there so he can make sure his reporters maintain credibility and don't let their personal agendas influence a story. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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