Stealing Life

Some of the quotes that I liked from “Stealing Life” that showed a reporters way of thing was “In the season opener, Haynes provides a bitingly funny introduction to newsroom culture.” This quote would only be used if the writer was of the newsroom culture. I also like the part when Talbot said, “Finely tuned as Simon’s ear is for the newsroom, it is perhaps even better calibrated for the street corner and the precinct, having been sharpened by thirteen years of daily crime reporting. Viewers of “The Wire” must master a whole argot, though it can take a while, because the words are never defined, just as they wouldn’t be by real people tossing them around.” I especially like that quote because I am a viewer of “The Wire”, and that Quote is very true. You can tell that the creator of the show has had a lot of courtroom experience. Especially when there are courtroom scenes in the show, it is as real as being in court right then and there. I also like the part were Talbot was saying “Clark Johnson, had been giving some of the kids the chance to say “Cut!” and they’d bellowed it like drunks at a surprise party.” If you ever watched any part of the show were the kids are involved, you could see them yelling and acting out on the set.
I think that all of these passages are good examples of reporters thinking, only a reporter knows about newsroom culture, and a reporter also knows that the public is also interested in this as well. The other quote is a good example of making “The Wire” sound appealing enough so that the people that had not ever seen it want to watch it. I think Talbot does that in a very good way. He paints an overall view of what the show is about but he also leaves the reader with a wanting to know more, and if I can learn that then I’m good to go.