Posted on 03/31/2017 9:58:08 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
It finally dawned on me, what the so called "news" has become.
I watch these so called news shows and here's what I see: 1) Almost no "hard" news is ever reported, certainly if it is it's never "balanced". 2) The "news" really starts off as "fake" news - something that is typically anti-Trump and has no substantiation. 3) All the (so called) reporters like a Major Garrett or Charlie Rose et al "comment" on the news and typically offer "opinion" and "conjecture" - they mostly offer up false scenario's and comment on them thru the anti-Trump biased lens of the MSM attempting to make their story more authoritative. 4) Basically what they do is comment on false hypotheticals and promote them - i.e. The reason Flynn wants "immunity" is because, hypothetically, Trump and his campaign committed crimes, probably worked with Putin - 5) Finally, to add "credibility" they sponsor a poll and report the poll results which amazingly support their hypotheticals - thus going full circle from manufactured anti-Trump fake news to a "story", with reporters assuming the fake news and commenting as if it were true.
So why do they do this? It's in reality no longer news, it's "entertainment", they believe this will attract not 50% of the population in a split country, but 100% because each side will view their hypotheticals and make up their own spin and believe it.
For example, the fake news says Flynn demands protection. The libs believe it's because he will bury Trump with evidence and wants protection, the conservatives believe it's because the liberal activists judges will convict him when the Dems play politics with his testimony and cry for a special investigation.
Bottom line, we no longer have credible TV News - we have Fake news from almost every outlet. Nothing they say can really be believed - consumers are better off watching events live and making up their own mind.
So the whole "news"
Headline News has always been fame news program too.
My default position: it’s fake news unless otherwise PROVEN.
BTW, that includes most programs on Faux News.
I agree, but I’d argue this is true about all news/opinion that’s coming from people who are being paid by corporations.
There are tons of people to get news from that are not being payed by corporations. Thankfully these people are gaining popularity very fast!
And you will rarely see real news on the msm. It's mostly fake.
I’ve not had television since 1997, but am occasionally exposed to it. Last year I was staying at a friend’s house in the Seattle area and got to watch Good Morning America. I call it the “People Magazine Show.”
I learned two things that day:
1. Those shows have NOTHING to arouse any interest in me, except for one thing.
2. That one thing is that I was fascinated to see what a great marketer and business person Taylor Swift is.
Yep, it's mostly all spin. But until people have that epiphany they will likely "believe" the news.
I took action much later than many freepers, but I recently cancelled Cable TV entirely. There are no TV shows I want to watch, and the News is complete garbage.
What surprised me is that Verizon didn’t even give me a hard time:
Me: “I want to cancel my cable subscription.”
Verizon: “Okay, what day do you want it to stop?”
I got the feeling that they were used to that sort of phonecall.
I believe TV as we know it will be no longer in our lifetime. We are now finally noticing that siting in front of a TV for the nightly news is more of a liberal indoctrination than a fair presentation of the days events - what "news" is supposed to be.
They are ALL good for nothing
I saw Chuck Todd on NBS this morning and he did 30 seconds straight monologue on how trump is this and that and has no credibility and is a liar and is having a disaster for his first hundred days=- when they question was a YES or NO question
The media has a credibility rating of 32%!!!!!!!!!!!
Everything on CBS is subtle or not-so-subtle Marxist propaganda I am not exaggerating.
Agreed, it's amazing. I do believe the "media" as we know it will self destruct as we eventually reach a tipping point of the masses understanding they are being fed CRAP.
Taylor is a remarkable business person. She’s a mixed bag; way above average looks, fair to below average singing voice, interesting songs. Unlike most her peers, Taylor is not known to be anti-Trump, and she has wisely stayed mum about politics most the time. She knows how to dress and perform for a large live setting. Taylor is the daughter of a banker, so that always helps, getting expert advice.
I’m COL(clapping out loud) for you. I also LOL’d because
when I ended it, my experience was opposite. I had to explain about 5 different ways that I wanted NO service whatsoever. They kept trying to explain the different packages, was I moving, etc. That was in 2006.
Enjoy your savings!! And peace of mind! And the satisfaction that you are no longer contributing to the problem.
We’ve never had credible TV news. TV news makes money the same way sitcoms do: selling your eyeballs to advertisers. So their focus is to get you to stay through the commercial break. The entire industry is bogus and has been since day one.
yep, I just think tv news has jumped the shark. It’s sooo one sided now. Before you’d get 90% lib to 10% conservative, now it’s 100% left wing.
Doesn’t really matter what its spin is. Conservative TV “news” is just as bogus, shallow, and entertainment oriented as liberal. It’s infotainment, and the focus has ALWAYS been on the entertainment because that’s what keeps you through the commercial break.
I remember when CBS Sunday Morning was very entertaining.
That was the era of Charles Kuralt and to a lessor extent Charles Osgood.
To me it had that PBS “This Old House” Show feel. A Show full of Liberals but no overt Political sway. Lots of folksy NE accents and a Small Town vibe. Just listening to Kuralt was a pleasure.
Hard to describe, but you could sit there sipping on your morning Coffee feeling all warm and fuzzy without a care in the world. At least that’s how I remember it.
Now we have Jane Pauley, wife of Conservative / Republican / Trump hater Garry Trudeau, the Doonesbury Cartoonist Hosting the Show.
I have no interest in watching now. The recent hit job against Conservatives by Ted Koppel was the icing in the Cake for me.
As far as any of the other Morning Shows, they are nothing but Liberal lovefests, same as all the Network Entertainment Shows and more recently the Local Newscasts.
I can watch any of those Shows for five minutes or less and fell the Liberal Bias seeping into my Brain.
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I never understood how anyone could watch those morning ‘news’ shows. Too much like ‘Entertainment Tonight’.
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