Comments on: When opinion replaces TV news

By: Mrs. Norris

Mrs. Norris — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:29:25 +0000

Wolf Boy,
I don’t think Rita’s comment was “half-brained” at all. I think it was well stated and she makes a very good point. By the way, it was P. T. Barnum that said that. Dan Rather would never say something like that. hsss

By: kaycee

kaycee — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:37:32 +0000

Walter Cronkite, Douglas Edwards, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, Harry Reasoner, John Cameron Swayze, Bernard Shaw,Max Robinson, Charlayne Hunter-Gault……….am I giving away my age???? How I miss “hard” news. I always thought that I was more than capable of developing my own opinion about current events. What passes for news now–CNN, Fox, MSNBC–is an aggravation. It’s all about them–the anchors. I don’t care about them. I care about the news.

Just shut up and report the news….

By: clyde

clyde — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:23:33 +0000

If Lincoln were alive he’d be old.Very old.

By: chris broe

chris broe — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:13:27 +0000

If Lincoln were alive he wouldn’t watch cable……oh brother.

By: Boy Who Cried Wolf

Boy Who Cried Wolf — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:34:24 +0000

Rita: And as Dan Rather said when talking about his audience “A sucker is born every minute”, or was that P.T.Barnum? Either way it speaks volume’s of the easy manipulation of the “non” thinking,easy lead left. Case in pont your half-brained attempt above to pigeon hole the right to only FOX.

By: Boy Who Cried Wolf

Boy Who Cried Wolf — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 16:15:14 +0000

Why is it the left has a hard time believing that ABC,CBS,NBC,CNBC,PBS,CNN swing strongly to the left,but don’t have any problem criticizing FOX,Limbaugh,&Hannity as being biased. News is stictly about the opinions of the editors, read to us by tool’s. If you want to find the total truth about just about anything you have to do your homework,you can’t rely on just one source.

By: Rita

Rita — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:18:33 +0000

As H.L Mencken said, “Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.” FOX Cable news has built a successful business model by elevating the loud, crass, poorly-educated and dim-witted to star status on their network. As evidenced by some of the entries above, FOX knows the “regular folks” are too lazy or stupid to think for themselves.

By: Mrs. Norris

Mrs. Norris — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:54:13 +0000

The cable channels must make a profit. They give the people what they want. The masses must be told what to think. It’s all explained in “Idiocracy”.

By: lovelyliz

lovelyliz — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:47:01 +0000

Maybe it’s that calling out Fox as 24-hours of opinions is too obvious. At least I hope Bob Barr has some filter that tells him that.

By: bobfromacworth

bobfromacworth — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:31:55 +0000

Coach, everything is not about race. I know the left wants it to be, but the left has been far more racist this last election that the right ever hoped to be. Just continue down that road to nowhere and see where it takes you. No one is listening to you now that it is racial on your side of the political spectrum. So are you really afraid some rightwinger is going to burn a cross in your yard? That is so ’50’s coach….