I was thinking much along the same lines about Ms Kelly the other day. And I agree, I hate it when she begins to challenge and yell at guest commentators she disagrees with—even before they finish making their statements. That is neither good journalism nor discussion. Yet I am similarly more disappointed with every other network.
For instance, the other day, I wanted to catch up on the news. As I went through the news channels (CNN, HLN, MSNBC), I was met with a barrage of talking heads discussing the lurid details of Sandra Bullock’s marital situation until I reached Fox. They were covering the oil spill in the gulf.
I pretty much switched from CNN to Fox last fall during the ACORN scandal. (I hate ACORN or any other machine or entity using my tax dollars to fraudulently and detrimentally impact elections.) Fox was the only network that offered to report on the matter. The following statement by another blogging viewer fairly much sums up my consternation:
“MSNBC, home of Keith Olbermann, cannot get enough of the Predator series. A popular feature there is “Predator Raw: The Unseen Tapes.” This is a collection of previously recorded stings from the series, which never aired during its network run. In fact, on September 21, 2009 MSNBC will run another episode of the show.
“Which leads me around to my point: If soliciting a fictional teenager for sex is a violation of the law, then CERTAINLY, aiding and abetting the importation of fictional teenagers into a US sex ring, is a crime at least as heinous.
“So where is MSNBC on the ACORN scandal? Where is Chris Hansen? Where is Olbermann? Certainly “Predator Raw” viewers would be just as shocked and entertained watching ACORN employees being cuffed and led away, as they are watching fat old pedophiles. And if the ultimate reason behind the NBC series was to protect youth, certainly protecting the youth of El Salvador, kids who might have been kidnapped and brought into this country as slaves, is a mission equally noble.
“Keith Olbermann has a very devoted fan base. People who watch him religiously, watch him exclusively. They also consider themselves well informed, despite only getting the news that Keith is willing to report. So why is he keeping them in the dark?
“Come on Keith, you can’t hide it from them forever.”
http://biggovernment.com/tslagle/200...orn-organizer/
Here’s another instance of oblivion by ABC news anchorman Charles Gibson:
“Don: Ok here’s my question, Senate bill yesterday passes cutting off funds to this group called ACORN. Now we got the…we got that bill passing, we got the embarrassing video of ACORN staff giving tax advice on how to set up a brothel with 13 year old hookers. It has everything you could want corruption and sleazy action at tax funded organizations that’s got government ties. But nobody’s covering that story why?
“Charlie Gibson: (laugh) I don’t even know about it. Uh, so you got me at a loss, I don’t know. Uh, uh, but, but My goodness if it’s got everything including sleaziness in it we should talk about it this morning.”
(ABC news anchorman Charlie Gibson in an interview on WLS AM Chicago’s “Don Wade & Roma Morning Show,” Sep 15, 2009.
http://biggovernment.com/publius/200...know-about-it/
Dilbert’s Tea Party Joke echoes this same sentiment. (
http://www.eccie.net/showthread.php?t=46022) The Tea Party, on networks other than Fox, is always portrayed as a coalition of violent, right-wing extremists. Whereas, the violence and looting perpetrated by the anti-Arizona May Day rioters was all but ignored by networks other than Fox.
PBS news commentator Bill Moyer is following Jon Stewart’s lead and has resorted merely to bashing Fox at every turn. Again, that is not journalism.
The best source of news, in my opinion, is NPR. Despite their stated left-leaning position, they still do good in depth journalism and not the superficial pabulum offered by the television news channels. Unless Tiger Woods is going to share some good phone numbers, I am not interested in his adultery, nor in Jessie James’ adultery (or now - the latest Headline - David Boreanaz of “Bones” adultery). That’s gossip, not news.
By the way Big C, have you ever noticed Robin Meade on HLN?