Battle of the Egos: Broadcast vs. Print May 27, 2009

Cleveland doesn’t take criticism lightly.

More specifically, Fox 8′s Bill Martin doesn’t take criticism lightly.

Mark Bradley of the Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote about the city he was visiting in unflattering terms. On the local Fox newscast, Martin interviewed Bradley (hence the broadcast vs. print).

As a journalism student, I could tell you some tension between certain print majors and certain broadcast majors. I hope there is a way to avoid such situations as that which occurred below. It’s a somewhat awkward three minutes in which the softspoken print guy stands by his statement and the broadcast guy immaturely “interviews” the “other side.”

I just feel bad for the co-anchor.