Posted on 01/10/2005 10:01:10 AM PST by churchillbuff
"All the networks want to get out of the news business"
At least they want to do the right thing.
Maybe 2005 will be the year that Ted, Blather, Jennings say goodbye and join Brokaw and Cronkite at Camp We Don't Want You Anymore!
I haven't been able to watch This Week since George took over. I object to his use on moral grounds. He's a Clinton crony! That alone should have eliminated him as a viable host of this "journalist" program. I could barely watch it when Choke-Me & Mr Spock were co-hosts. I miss David Brinkley.
I would have to be held at gun point with one of my loved ones kidnapped to get me to watch the arrogant/smug Jennings.
Only to be replaced by Jon Stewart, Greg Kinnear, Tina Fey and a whole slew of new infotaintainment talking heads moving into the "broadcast journalism" sphere along side former politicos/soon to be anchors like Chris Matthews and George Stephanopolous.
Hey, you can't take their partisanship "seriously", it is satire. If their facts are wrong (as with Michael Moore), you just aren't understanding their "op ed pieces".
These satire instead of news will continue to lose audiences and advertising $'s/advertisers regardless of the new or semi new liberal talking heads.
Eventually, they will come to a brief news recap at the top of the hour and at the half hour. Breaking news will be trailers on the bottom of the screen.
When the advertisers find discover that they get more bang with their ad $'s in reality shows and quiz shows, the evening Not News is finished.
Ah but "satirical" shows like SNL will continue to air 5 minute "press conferences" from candidate Bush so that they can shove every DNC talking point into his mouth.
The line between entertainment and "politically pointed" programming will blur just as nightly news will "lighten up" the way morning news has.
LOL! It took me several computational cycles to figure out that you were talking about Coke-Me Dilberts. Nice word picture. It fits her like a glove.
I might have given Sam and Cokie three weeks after Brinkley stepped down.
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