Lies/Half Truths/Stupid Things That News Anchors and Hosts Say
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I Wear PantsThis is a different thread than most here as I don't really have anything to put in the first post but I think that it'd be nice to have a place to post video and discuss how and why dumb/untrue things are said in the media.
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CenterBHSFan
One of everybody's favorites... Keith Olbermann!
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I will say this thought; KO is a commentary person, not a "news" person. From what I have seen, these channels (FOX, CNN, etc.) have news during the daytime hours and commentary at night. -
I Wear PantsYeah, there are much better ways to disagree with policies that someone supports than to call people names.
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I Wear Pants"I'm a Christian, I've made mistakes myself, I believe fervently in second chances," Carlson said on the show. "But Michael Vick killed dogs, and he did [it] in a heartless and cruel way. And I think, personally, he should've been executed for that. He wasn't, but the idea that the president of the United States would be getting behind someone who murdered dogs?" -Tucker Carlson
Dude has always been an idiot. -
I Wear Pants[video=youtube;ZNKRQN0owz0][/video]
Gretchen is an insane person. -
believer
As CenterBHSFan said, there is a difference between news reporting and news commentary.
It's too easy to cite Olbermann, Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly and others and say, "hey look at the stupid things these news anchors say." These guys are NOT anchors; they are commentators. Big difference.
I expect political pundits like these guys to say stupid things, but when it comes to the actual news reporting I expect it to be presented fairly, evenly, and objectively.
Unfortunately that usually doesn't happen either but that's another thread topic.
First this was an interview situation NOT a new reporting scenario. Second after watching this I'm really trying to figure out what part of this makes you feel she's "insane". Goofy and uninformed at times but insane? Really?I Wear Pants;617458 wrote:Gretchen is an insane person. -
believer
First this was an interview situation NOT a new reporting scenario. Second after watching this I'm really trying to figure out what part of this makes you feel she's "insane". Insane? Really?I Wear Pants;617458 wrote:Gretchen is an insane person. -
Skyhook79
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I Wear Pants
First, I said Anchors and Hosts so we could include the commentary people who are indeed hosts of their shows. Because everyone would include them anyway.believer;617858 wrote:As CenterBHSFan said, there is a difference between news reporting and news commentary.
It's too easy to cite Olbermann, Beck, Hannity, O'Reilly and others and say, "hey look at the stupid things these news anchors say." These guys are NOT anchors; they are commentators. Big difference.
I expect political pundits like these guys to say stupid things, but when it comes to the actual news reporting I expect it to be presented fairly, evenly, and objectively.
Unfortunately that usually doesn't happen either but that's another thread topic.
First this was an interview situation NOT a new reporting scenario. Second after watching this I'm really trying to figure out what part of this makes you feel she's "insane". Goofy and uninformed at times but insane? Really?
And secondly, she is hunting, searching for something to convict Assange with and is then shocked when Napolitano says we can't charge him and even more so when he agrees. Then there was her shock in the opening of the video that, my god, wikileaks is back online. -
stlouiedipalmaI think it was last night that Parker/Spitzer on CNN had an ex-oil executive on talking about gasoline prices going up and they kept showing a tag which said "gas prices at $5 per gallon?". In my view, that was sensationalism of the first degree, as they were trying to hook the casual viewer into their story. That really pisses me off when I am channel surfing and I see these tags. It reminds me of the checkout lane of the supermarket with the Enquirer, Globe and all the other tabloid rags with their sensational headlines.
Of course, that's what the cable "news" channels have become, IMO. -
Footwedge
Judge Napolitano.....the biggest asset Fox News has. Bradley Manning.....Man of the year.I Wear Pants;617458 wrote:[video=youtube;ZNKRQN0owz0][/video]
Gretchen is an insane person. -
I Wear Pants
That type of sensationalism pisses me off as well.stlouiedipalma;618477 wrote:I think it was last night that Parker/Spitzer on CNN had an ex-oil executive on talking about gasoline prices going up and they kept showing a tag which said "gas prices at $5 per gallon?". In my view, that was sensationalism of the first degree, as they were trying to hook the casual viewer into their story. That really pisses me off when I am channel surfing and I see these tags. It reminds me of the checkout lane of the supermarket with the Enquirer, Globe and all the other tabloid rags with their sensational headlines.
Of course, that's what the cable "news" channels have become, IMO. -
fish82
Good point, Lou. All the networks do this like crazy, regardless of which direction they lean.stlouiedipalma;618477 wrote:I think it was last night that Parker/Spitzer on CNN had an ex-oil executive on talking about gasoline prices going up and they kept showing a tag which said "gas prices at $5 per gallon?". In my view, that was sensationalism of the first degree, as they were trying to hook the casual viewer into their story. That really pisses me off when I am channel surfing and I see these tags. It reminds me of the checkout lane of the supermarket with the Enquirer, Globe and all the other tabloid rags with their sensational headlines.
Of course, that's what the cable "news" channels have become, IMO. -
believer
True....NBC, CBS, ABC, MSNBC, CNN, Time, NY Times, etc., etc. etc. all lean left. Fox News and AM talk radio lean right.fish82;621438 wrote:Good point, Lou. All the networks do this like crazy, regardless of which direction they lean.
It may be crazy but like the BCS system in college football it's all about market share...MONEY. -
fan_from_texas
While I don't think it's likely, it's certainly well within the realm of possibility to see $5/gal gas by next summer.stlouiedipalma;618477 wrote:I think it was last night that Parker/Spitzer on CNN had an ex-oil executive on talking about gasoline prices going up and they kept showing a tag which said "gas prices at $5 per gallon?". In my view, that was sensationalism of the first degree, as they were trying to hook the casual viewer into their story. That really pisses me off when I am channel surfing and I see these tags. It reminds me of the checkout lane of the supermarket with the Enquirer, Globe and all the other tabloid rags with their sensational headlines.
Of course, that's what the cable "news" channels have become, IMO.