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    Posted: 16 Aug 2015 at 1:28pm
  I like when these "news" shows have two " experts" on to debate whatever crap the show is talking about.
  I wonder who decides that these clowns are "experts".
  Then they both talk over each other for 5 min. till the host says " we are out of time. Good debate."
  Then they go to the really important stuff . . .a commercial.
  
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Yea, that's why I don't watch these "news shows". I assume you are talking about CNN, MSNBC, FOX, and the like. It really is stupid and accomplishes nothing.

Plus, it's usually very obvious that before the "debate" there was a decision on which way to slant the interview. News reporters/moderators should be mostly impartial, but all the "news" channels do it. Sometimes it is so bad, when the moderator is so obviously siding with one viewpoint, that you gotta wonder what "news" has actually become.

Really, these 24 hour "news" stations have to have something to air when there is no real news, so they put on these stupid "debates" and other stupid time filling segments more as entertainment than as actual news.


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Originally posted by commercialssuck commercialssuck wrote:



Plus, it's usually very obvious that before the "debate" there was a decision on which way to slant the interview. News reporters/moderators should be mostly impartial, but all the "news" channels do it. Sometimes it is so bad, when the moderator is so obviously siding with one viewpoint, that you gotta wonder what "news" has actually become.



There are anchors, reporters, correspondents, journalists, commentators, hosts, contributors, analysts and more. You just have to know what type of show you're watching, and what function the person is supposed to be serving.

For instance, neither Rachel Maddow nor Bill O'Reilly are reporters. They've don't even pretend to be. They're hosts and commentators.

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I can't stand debates with candidates and politicians practically screaming at each other. Just shut them the hell up if they do this!

"Sometimes it is so bad, when the moderator is so obviously siding with one viewpoint, that you gotta wonder what "news" has actually become."

- BTW, that applies with my local CBS station (KIMA). They are owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, which took over Fisher Communications a couple of years ago. Sinclair has a right-wing bias and you WILL see it in the national news segments on our local 5 and 6PM newscasts.
They are known for their biased reports, contributing thousands to the RNC/Republican candidates, and even forcing affiliates to air a John Kerry propaganda program 10 years ago, in place of NETWORK programming.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/sinclair-known-for-conservative-political-tilt/
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^ Comcast, on the other hand, owns NBC, which owns MSNBC and has a decidedly liberal bent. They've contributed a lot to the Dems.

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I hate Comcast for canceling The Ed Show, The Cycle, and Now With Alex Wagner! Sure they were slanted but dammit they were ENTERTAINING!
One good thing about TV-you could always turn it off
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Originally posted by crainbebo crainbebo wrote:

I can't stand debates with candidates and politicians practically screaming at each other. Just shut them the hell up if they do this!

"Sometimes it is so bad, when the moderator is so obviously siding with one viewpoint, that you gotta wonder what "news" has actually become."

- BTW, that applies with my local CBS station (KIMA). They are owned by Sinclair Broadcasting, which took over Fisher Communications a couple of years ago. Sinclair has a right-wing bias and you WILL see it in the national news segments on our local 5 and 6PM newscasts.
They are known for their biased reports, contributing thousands to the RNC/Republican candidates, and even forcing affiliates to air a John Kerry propaganda program 10 years ago, in place of NETWORK programming.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/sinclair-known-for-conservative-political-tilt/

Does KOMO channel 4 in Seattle (ABC station) have that same bias since Sinclair took them over from Fisher? I'm just now wondering about that.
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All of the Sinclair stations air the national reports, which are right-wing, yes KOMO, and KATU in Portland, would apply as well. KIMA's local news is fine, it's the national news that has the bias problem.
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Originally posted by crainbebo crainbebo wrote:

All of the Sinclair stations air the national reports, which are right-wing, yes KOMO, and KATU in Portland, would apply as well. KIMA's local news is fine, it's the national news that has the bias problem.

Got ya! I should have read more closely. It's bad enough that the national news is slanted to the right, but the news would be entirely unwatchable if the local news were treated the same way (just my opinion).
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