I thought I was the only one that watched Newswatch..LOL
I have come closer to throwing something at my TV when Gabler talks..than most of the dems!!
I haven't noticed that ANY of the panelists on that show are very conservative...and most seem to take delight in bashing Bush now and then..
When GWB goes back to Crawford, what in the world will these EV chatterers have to talk about? Theyll be literally beating the bushes for something else to talk about.
Other Media Nuggets
###### New York Times fourth-quarter net earnings plunge 41 percent, hurt by a weak advertising environment.
###### WB and UPN will be merged into one broadcast network and named CW. This is not like 2 successful businesses merge. Instead of closing the losing one, they are trying make it look otherwise.
###### Fox ratings suffer this year and received lots of complaints from viewers. Fox is shifting it's LA Bureau chief Trace Galleghar (host of "Only On Fox") to NY to fix anything necessary.
###### NBC spent 24 million for their new Series "The Book of Daniel. Being "anti-Christian program," several ProLife organizations warned airing it but NBC ignored. 2 weeks later, after several local affiliates refused to air & strong public disapproval, NBC cancelled the series. West Wing will not be renewed for loss of revenue too.
###### MTP gross revenue for 2003 was 327 million. The same projected for 2006 is 217 million. That 's just gross. Net income is less than quarter of that. GE board members questioning this tumble. Russert is showing his steady ratings lead. But political shows' ad.rev is decided by influence, which GE board is after.
There's at least 3 of us, though it's not every week for me.
I have come closer to throwing something at my TV when Gabler talks..than most of the dems!!
Oh, yeah. Big time!
I haven't noticed that ANY of the panelists on that show are very conservative...and most seem to take delight in bashing Bush now and then..
I ascribe the Bush bashing as simply a function of the echo chamber effect of those within the beltway or in the media, regardless of their politics. You hear something often enough you begin to internalize it, even if it goes against what you know to be true, simply because you're tired of fighting against the tide.
But the main thing about the structure of this show and of Howie Kurtz' show on CNN is that it's basically journalists defending their own, not honestly taking a critical look at the output of their profession. They certainly don't apply the same critical review the way that they would anyone else. They generally hear the buzz coming from folks like us and then set about defending their friends without giving any contrary voices a chance to respond.
I've sent Roger Ailes and the folks that run the Fox show several messages suggesting a format change. I think they should expand to an hour, with the same panel of journalists, but set them up formally as the defense of their peers. Then give the first 15 minutes to someone like Brent Bozell to pick the topics and show the clips, plus provide his take on it. Let the "professionals" try to defend the premise he sets up for the next 15 minutes (with opportunity for rebuttal). Then give 15 minutes to somebody like David Brock to lay out the left's take on the weeks news and repeat the process. You'd need to alternate the sequence of who goes first to make it fair, and you might rotate the conservative and lefty outside groups given the podium, but it would be a much more interesting show.