Comments on: Dissention Among the Ranks?

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:07:11 +0000

they sell it as news, therefore it is. I suppose you are one of those people who believe magazines are just advertising platforms. but people think they are informational mags. Who is right? Just the ones with the dollar ledgers to prove some monetary value. A bit more complicated if you’re a multichannel processor.

By: Bitter Clinger

Bitter Clinger — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:43:25 +0000

Bryan, after reading your comments in #22 I see that you still don’t get it. Those shows on the cable news networks that run during prime time are there because of ratings which determine the “value” of the airtime they sell to advertisers. Their newsworthiness has nothing to do with their time slots. Again, all those people you are talking about are commentators not journalists.

By: ignatiusreilly

ignatiusreilly — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:33:32 +0000

Bryan, call me cynical, but I don’t think this is a “dissention.” I think this is a calculated political move. Palin is the pitbull who will go after Obama on every little personal level.

McCain will stand above it and say, “No, ma’am.” The rest of the campaign will be like that rally. His staff and supporters will scream “terrorist” and “traitor” and “fraud” and McCain will calmly be above it all.

Tom, both sides have their nutjobs. The “fringe” of Obama had supporters putting up websites about Palin’s Downs Syndrome baby. Obama rightfully condemned them. And McCain is condeming the vicious people on his side as well.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 07:04:03 +0000

I saw that and cantor was an unrepentent talking points salesman. Here is my grievance. Why do these idiots talk such bs to the audience and interviewer rather than deal in real time with some integrity. If you belive in a cause you should be able to come up with some personal and sincere points and also respond the same way to even bad questions. Even bush says “I am not going to take that” when some reporter asks him an embarrassing question, and they all accept it. Cantor was pushed here at one point and he struck me as a soldjier type who was a night manager at a wallmart somewhere. Just unimpressive despite his good credentials and he is another lawyer. I don’t like disingenous people, or maybe he is genuinely out of it. Don’t know, but he’s not going to get any real following like that. He is just talking point vapors coming from someone who isn’t really here in real time.

By: KV

KV — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:50:14 +0000

Brian-

I do not always watch matthews because he is always yelling it seems, but He took Eric “southern charmer” Cantor from VA, out behind the wood shed and beat him up with Teddy R’s. Big Stick a couple weeks ago lol.. I was LMAO because the Dem strategist in the split screen was just sitting there and had nothing to say becasue Cantor was getting a beat down by Matthews..

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:48:21 +0000

well the news networks field these “personalities” during prime news time literally. So if you tune in to prime time national news your going to see Orielly, hann and colm, oberman, rach, with a few guests or people they can harangue. That is what passes for news on fox and msnbc. The other stations have different format, jim lehrers news hour is alittle more centered than say the mclaughlin report. But oberman presents the daily news in his format just like it is, so does Oreilly, even greta chimes in. Scarborough is more a pundit but he is trying for that hackneyed news hour space too. I think geraldo presents a more balanced piece than any of the above. So I have come to relie on Reuters, the Gaurdian, and to a lesser degree abc and cbs for my info. cnn is a mess.