Paul Bannister will be our guest....Questions?

[Christopher O'Brien]

Paul is the author of 'Tabloid man and the Baffling Chair of Death.' Here is the Amazon blurb: "Anyone who sat in a murderer’s old chair in an English public house would die, and soon, said the legend, and a series of sudden deaths was blamed on the cursed seat. Journalist Paul Bannister delved into the story of the Baffling Chair of Death, and became the National Enquirer’s chief reporter of the paranormal. As ‘Tabloid Man,’ he covered more than spooks and psychics, however. Headline tales about celebrities like Oprah, O.J. and Obama also came from his notebook, and this frank memoir reveals just how the scandal sheets get their sensational stories, as well as revealing the secrets of classic tabloid tales, from getting Elvis’ Last Picture to finding the world’s tallest Christmas tree."



Let's have some fun talking about how the media covers "paranormal" subjects and stories... Questions space fanz? We are taping this coming Friday morning...

 

[exo_doc]

Paul Bannister sounds interesting.
1. Is there a conspiracy of ridicule in the media conserning not just UFO's, but ghosts, psychic phenomena, and other unusual things that make people feel insecure? Or is that just the way news works?
2. How have you been treated by other "mainstream" (for lack of a better term) reporters and journalists?
3. Is unbiased news dead? By that I mean is there any source of news anymore that isn't trying to sway you politically to the media moguls ways of thinking? Or has it always been that way?

Thanks,
exo

 

[Sentry]

Chris, ask him about how a single event can generate vastly varying stories due to the biases of the reporters, editorial polices of the publisher, and sometimes the peculiar nature of the subject's personality. One aspect of this is reporting a story to package it to sell it to an audience, but there can be many other things in play.

 

[Double Nought Spy]

Well now this should be interesting. Thanks again Guys, for not staying with the "safe" guests and topics.

I wonder if Mr. Bannister knew the late Bob Pratt, and if so did he ever work with him? Pratt is not well known but seems to have done an awful lot of good work. He left behind an interesting web site, too.

 

[pong]

Please ask Bannister the questions I submitted in this forum on April 18. Thanks.

Mr. Bannister: Please tell us some naughty things about the British Royal Family, things we aren't supposed to know. Do the royals attend the Bilderberg meetings? And the darkest question of all: Was Princess Diana murdered? If so, by whom and for what reason?

 

[Randall]

Is there any way to separate the fact from the fabrication in tabloid news? For example the writers must know what has been conjured up out of thin air vs what has been submitted as a genuine story. Does the tabloid archivist have a way of cataloging stories that would allow a researcher to distinguish between these kinds of stories, perhaps even review the original stories that have been submitted to the tabloid before they were all dressed up for public consumption?

ufology

 

[Sentry]

Is there any way to separate the fact from the fabrication in tabloid news?

I'd broaden that question beyond tabloid, there's much fabrication in "straight" news. Maybe Paul can tell us some clues to sort out the baloney. I'm guessing it starts with anonymous or unnamed sources, though.