Romenesko Misc.
"NewsHour" special contributor
Terence Smith said at San Jose State University last week: "Back in the 1960s when 'swinging London' was the home of the Beatles and ever-shorter mini-skirts, it was said that Britain was going 'giggling into the sea.' I fear something similar is happening in the news business today. Serious news is being shortchanged and crowded out by the frivolous and downright silly."