Television's "Fixer" Hurt By Online Content

The Atlantic profiled the man behind-the-scenes of all those tabloidesque interviews on news shows today. In it, they describe Larry Garrison’s role as a “fixer” who connects television hosts with newfound celebrities.

The story talked of Garrison’s attempt to get a couple that believes they found Natalee Holloway’s remains on the ocean floor on Good Morning America. And it discusses his job, which is to make these people thrust into the spotlight comfortable, but also get them on television.

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