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pwb

(11,276 posts) Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:54 PM Oct 2018

Sad that we have to turn to these pathetic news talkers when awful things happen.

They never ask the right questions. Bring on the both sides crowd. And seem to give no heavy thought to what their job really is. What do they do this job for if they are afraid to rock to the boat at every chance. Their actions are predictable and very disappointing. Even the channels we call our own.

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Sad that we have to turn to these pathetic news talkers when awful things happen. (Original Post) pwb Oct 2018 OP

I haven't turned on the television in a couple of days. violetpastille Oct 2018 #1

BBC is great. They never hold back. pwb Oct 2018 #3

Did you see the BBC first-day coverage of the Kavanaugh hearing? marybourg Oct 2018 #6

You don't have to turn to them, turn the TV off and start reading articles published on the net. DonViejo Oct 2018 #2

That's what I do most of the time. But for up to date information I go there. pwb Oct 2018 #4

They are part of the problem Midnightwalk Oct 2018 #5

violetpastille

(1,483 posts)

1. I haven't turned on the television in a couple of days.

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:58 PM

Oct 2018

When I do it might be BBC World News. I like to be reminded that the world is big, and the US is just one piece.

pwb

(11,276 posts)

3. BBC is great. They never hold back.

Reply to violetpastille (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:59 PM

Oct 2018

marybourg

(12,633 posts)

6. Did you see the BBC first-day coverage of the Kavanaugh hearing?

Reply to pwb (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:46 PM

Oct 2018

Probably not, or you wouldn’t say what you just said. They played only the excerpts of publican senators throwing softballs and brown nosing Kavanaugh. Completely left out any Dem questions, and you’d never know any ugly rants had come from the nominee himself .

I’ve been listening to the BBC news coverage since you could do so only on short wave radio, and they’ve made more than their share of mistakes, and been more than pub leaning - they say “Democrat party” - for example. They are worth listening to as a supplement for our national-only news, but they are far from superior to our best media, and far from exemplary.

DonViejo

(60,536 posts)

2. You don't have to turn to them, turn the TV off and start reading articles published on the net.

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 01:58 PM

Oct 2018

I learned back in the 90's, during the GOP's Clinton hunt; if I read news articles online, I knew more about a topic then the talking heads.

pwb

(11,276 posts)

4. That's what I do most of the time. But for up to date information I go there.

Reply to DonViejo (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:02 PM

Oct 2018

Like I think most people do. It just sucks so bad.

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)

5. They are part of the problem

Reply to pwb (Original post)

Sat Oct 27, 2018, 02:22 PM

Oct 2018

The format of having to get someone from the other side on means that person gets to spin the story any way they want. The "reporter" argues back but can't go too far or they lose access. I put reporter in quotes because no reporting is involved in the back and forth. Emcee is more accurate.

Problem is better news programs like BBC don't attract the viewers.

I stopped watching a little while ago and don't miss it. I get up to date information online, and can read opinions in plenty of places.

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