Posted on 09/06/2005 7:19:38 AM PDT by KansasConservative1
If you are one of the people that have Dish network and only subscribe to the top 60, you only have CNN. I watched CNN during the hurricane and was actually really impressed...
Then came the cleanup...
I have never seen such negativity. They focus only on the negative aspects. Every guest is prodded on the race question. Every scene is a person "down and out" on the street.
Example: During a slow news section, Wolf Blitzer kept bringing up the apparent animosity between LA governor and the President. He kept bringing up the race issue. Etc.
So I upgraded to Fox news yesterday.
They were examining the criticisms as well but the were focusing on the positives. They not only looked at any perceived Federal failings but the also asked about the role the Governor and Mayor had in the preparation problems. They were, for lack of a better description, fair and balanced. No sugar coating, they showed the devastation, but they also showed coverage of the Astro dome and people smiling.
When I switched to Fox News, I felt renewed pride in America and felt refreshed in my efforts to help the victims. Fox News was certainly worth the extra 6 bucks a month.
I think during breaking news you have to watch CNN but you have to turn the sound off.
I really do wish FOX would invest some more money and get some decent news crews out there. Someone was really asleep at the switch because if you watched FOX you only thought NO was a single city block.
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