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I Need a Conservative Television News Network
New Media Journal ^ | 3-17-06 | Edward Daley - Media Commentary

Posted on 03/17/2006 9:08:24 PM PST by smoothsailing

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To: Herford Turley
In all seriousness,He's fine.He's done great work for the conservative movement,IMO.The man deserves credit.

I wonder,though,if he hasn't overextended himself.

I rarely hear him on the radio anymore,but at night he seems to be using the same old talking points.

61 posted on 03/17/2006 11:11:14 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

They play him here after Rush and after about an hour or so, I switch it back to FM and to my favorite radio station.

By then, I'm usually headed down to the unemployment office to cover my job search for another week. :-)


62 posted on 03/17/2006 11:13:57 PM PST by Herford Turley (Conservatism will save America)
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To: Herford Turley
I'm the same.But I do like cold beer and baseball,and football,and...:)
63 posted on 03/17/2006 11:14:59 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: jazusamo
Exactly. I saw part of that,then turned it off and came back here.
64 posted on 03/17/2006 11:17:20 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing

Baseball season. It's time. I had to put up with the Olympics. Now it's time to get down to an American sport. Baseball and a cold beer is a good idea.


65 posted on 03/17/2006 11:17:48 PM PST by Herford Turley (Conservatism will save America)
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To: Herford Turley
ARRR!!!

HA! I'm outta here,HT! Great chatting. G'Night!

66 posted on 03/17/2006 11:32:50 PM PST by smoothsailing
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To: Herford Turley

I know.

Today at the cafeteria, three TVs were on. One in the far left (ironically) was on CNN International, the one in the middle was on ESPN and the one on the right was on Fox News.

I ate my lunch to Fox News Dayside, and it was an upbeat program where the hosts and guests wore green to celebrate Saint Paddy's Day. They also interviewed guests in the audience (who are US Veterans), online military commanders, and discussed the importance of Operation Swarmer.

I suspsect that CNN's programming was concerned more with the "terrible suffering that the US invasion has wrought upon the Iraqi people."

Honestly, it is simply disgusting and demoralizing to see CNN's morbid and misleading programming.

I prefer something honest, upbeat and refreshing while I eat my lunch; This is why I prefer Conservative programming.


67 posted on 03/18/2006 12:02:55 AM PST by Emmet Fitzhume (Democrats need adult supervision at all times.)
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To: right-wingin_It
Coming soon!

"FRC" -- The Free Republic Channel

Contact your cable or satelite provider [today]!

Do you think they need a newswriter or anchor? I'd be glad to send in an application! ;-D

~Moshi-chan

68 posted on 03/18/2006 1:53:50 AM PST by Moshikashitara (GOD BLESS THE USA! ~Proud to be an American 24/7/365!~ Support our Troops!)
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To: smoothsailing; Herford Turley
I saw that when I did the search before posting.It was posted Thursday morning around 11:30 so it was seen by the day crowd.

i figured it was worth another spin around the block for us night folks who missed it.

It's really up to the mods,it's there call.
:)

No skin off my nose, except that I already commented on this article, and if the "night folks" only see the new posting they will miss my wisdom and not know it.

Living Free in NH wrote:
I don't want "conservative" news. I want the friggin' news, not cheerleading. If the conservatives screw up, I want to hear about it.

And I replied,

The trouble with wanting "the news" is that the story selection criteria which make "the news" interesting and therefore make a news outlet profitable are inherently anticonservative:
  • If it bleeds, it leads. And [if it bleeds] it also inherently insinuates that the powers-that-be ought to have prevented it.

  • "Man Bites Dog" rather than "Dog Bites Man" makes news stories unrepresentative of what usually happens.

  • "Always make your deadline" (the print version of 'the show must go on') makes journalism superficial.
First reports are usually wrong. Instead of focusing on the latest news, focus on reliable (i.e., proven track record) commentary. And that will direct you to a conservative editorial page such as that of The Wall Street Journal. And also to a web site known as FreeRepublic.com. Better yet, read a book.

If you want to know what is going on, "the news" is a distraction. The conservative thing to do is simply to discount the news.

Why Broadcast Journalism is
Unnecessary and Illegitimate


69 posted on 03/18/2006 3:17:40 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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To: smoothsailing
How conservatives will see a conservative news network and how liberals will report it:


70 posted on 03/18/2006 3:25:33 AM PST by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: smoothsailing

Do we really need an American Al Jazeera....?


71 posted on 03/18/2006 3:33:00 AM PST by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
Thanks,cIc,appreciate the post!

I liked Edward Daley's final line in the article.His take on Fox was if you want fair,play checkers with you grandmother,if you want balance,have a salad with your dinner.

72 posted on 03/18/2006 8:52:43 AM PST by smoothsailing
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To: smoothsailing; CasearianDaoist; headsonpikes; beyond the sea; E.G.C.; Military family member; ...
If fairness is what you're after, I suggest you go play checkers with your grandmother, and when you feel the need for balance in your life, try ordering a salad with your dinner.
That I can agree with wholeheartedly; the problem of story selection (most events are not reported at all, a few are printed in the body of the paper, and very little makes the front page above the fold - and all protestations to the contrary notwithstanding, human beings decide which is which) assures that "fair and balanced news" is in the eye of the beholder.
. . . I need a television news network that's more competent and truthful than it is "fair and balanced", (3) and anyone who can't appreciate that deserves to be misinformed.
Here is where I have a problem; a journalist may competently do his story selection according to given criteria, but those criteria impose a perspective on his product which no amount of truthfulness will alter.

The standard criteria of journalism, such as "'Man Bites Dog' rather than 'Dog Bites Man'," "If it bleeds, it leads," and the implicit criterion of "You can't report what you don't know yet" (Duh!) and "Always insinuate your superior objectivity and virtue as compared to the subject you are writing about" impose a leftist slant on the news. A slant which can only be openly acknowledged and discussed in opinionated discussion in which the participants are selected with a view toward "balance" and "fairness." Or, better yet, in openly conservative (as a leftist would have it) commentary to balance the leftward slant which inheres in superficial, negative, arrogant "straight news" reporting due, fundamenatally, to the need to attract an audience.


73 posted on 03/18/2006 10:05:11 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion (The idea around which liberalism coheres is that NOTHING actually matters but PR.)
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion

BTTT


74 posted on 03/18/2006 10:24:19 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: smoothsailing

I don't mind that all the time but Hannity cannot think on his feet and starts to just repeat his talking points even when they are not relevant to the point.


75 posted on 03/18/2006 10:20:04 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Lexinom

It is Distraction News news which distracts from and obscures the real issues.


76 posted on 03/18/2006 10:20:58 PM PST by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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