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I thought this was a cute little story in MediaDaily News. Stephen McPherson, president of ABC Entertainment has been taking some flack from TV critics as he made a decision that he was going to withhold some news about the upcoming season of Lost at the Television Critics Association summer meeting and instead release the news the next day at Comic-Con, a huge comic book convention.

The TV critics were not pleased with this and starting throwing temper tantrums.

“I don’t think my editor is going to be very happy when she reads in my blog later today that Steve McPherson promised that news on one of the biggest shows on the network would be going to a fan convention the next day,” said Aaron Barnhart, TV critic of The Kansas City Star.

Oh, boo-hoo what is a person to do? You know what I would say Aaron, BECOME RELEVANT! The reason the President of ABC wanted to withhold the news from the TV critics and release it at Comic-Con is because he knows that the people attending Comic-Con will have greater reach and visibility on the web than a bunch of stodgy TV critics who write for newspapers. McPherson understands that when it comes to creating buzz and excitement for this coming season, you and the rest of your TV critics don’t have any J-U-ICE my friend.

So stop your whining and start becoming relevant. How many times do you post a day? How fast are you at releasing hot news? Are you leading or following some of the biggest TV web sites out there? You are being beaten by kids in their basements while you sit around at your Television Critics Association summer meeting. I can’t believe there is actually a Television Critics Association. 

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