Posted on 12/17/2009 4:21:45 AM PST by SouthWall
I used to watch Good Morning America.
I switched to Today.
For two days. (7 minutes or each hour on TV those shows, then entrainment, celebrity, a boo hoo story, and a consumer scare, eh alert). No thanks.
Now I search out mt own news
Fox and Friends on the FNC.
News....(relatively) Fair and Balanced
I surf the web while I watch it.
Imus on the Fox Business Network is more entertaining.
I usually turn the TV to GMA in the mornings, and was stunned ABC selected Diane Sawyer to replace Charlie Gibson (formerly of GMA), especially after the disaster of Katie Couric (formerly of the Today Show).
Seeing her on GMA, it is clear Sawyer does not have the intellectual heft one would expect a network would want in an evening anchor.
Similarly, why did ABC select George Stephanopoulos to replace Sawyer? Stephanopoulos does not have a warm personality one would think networks would want in a morning show cohost. After all, David Hartman, an affable actor, was GMA's original male cohost. The reason is these morning shows are the on-deck circle for evening anchors, and Stephanopoulos has not paid his dues to be ABC World News anchor. Once Sawyer retires (she will turn 64 next week), I will bet Stephanopoulos will replace her.
IT is clear network news are not about ratings or attracting views. It is not about talent or skill of the reporters and anchors. It is a good old boys/girls group where you pay your dues and you get rewarded with various anchor chairs.
And they wonder why everyone is turning to Fox news.
Fox in the Morning. My TV hasn’t been on the others in years.
I used to watch those morning venues, then I got cable and switched to Fox&Friends.
It is usually watchable, except on the weekends. Then, I watch long enough to get the morning news and turn the TV off.
I never could watch Sawyer, whether on the morning show or evening specials. She is too smarmy.
CD alarm starts for an hour of classical music and prayer time.
Assist elderly dog off the bed, shower, dress, and go downstairs.
Coffee, Pills, Make lunch for husband, breakfast, walk dog, CALL MOM
THEN! Spark up the Laptop and solve all the world’s Problems on FREE REPUBLIC!
No TV necessary! LOL
I used to watch the Today Show exclusively back in the 80’s-90’s, then shifted over to FOX and Friends.
Now my news comes exclusively from this site each morning.
TV never gets turned on in the morning.
A cup of coffee and Free Republic and I’m more informed than most people I see for the rest of the day.
Beck, Limbaugh and news reports end up being refreshers on what I read every morning right here.
Sounds like a good day.
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