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Fox,CNN and Big Media will Try to Duplicate OJ Success in Robert Blake matter.
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| 4/21/02
| Astudent
Posted on 04/21/2002 5:42:00 AM PDT by astudent
Robert Blake is a third rate actor. He may or may not have killed his wife. Who Cares?
Isn't it shameless exploitation for Fox News, CNN and some of the other major media to give this non-story such significance. It is "shameless" to waste the public's attention and energy on such a crime of little importance. Here is the exception of a story where even the NY Times will probalby use better judgment than FOX news. Most likely Fox news and CNN will continue to try to build up this non-story into a big-several- month run of improved ratings. My questions are: Why shouldn't the leading media concentrate on what is important (or at least issues that may be important) rather than the Blake murder which is negative, irrelevant and of minimal significance? and Can't FOx News and CNN show some judgment and forget about this story that deserves to be forgotten?
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: cnn; fox; murder; robertblake; tvratings
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I am a big fan of Fox News and this is my first strong criticism of its choice of content. I would like to hear what you think.
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posted on
04/21/2002 5:42:00 AM PDT
by
astudent
To: astudent
I agree and yesterday during a general public call in, many people voiced the same comments.
To: astudent
What gets me is that this will become the default story, until its over, forcing other news stories to go unreported.
To: astudent
I am not sure what causes that you support. But it serves my causes if CNN would cover Blake 24/7. CNN has become little more than a propaganda organ of the PLO and EU. The more time CNN spends on Blake the less camera time for Amanapour and her PLO sympathizing cohorts.
As far as Fox goes, I refuse to watch much of Greta Von Sustern and Whoreraldo Rivera because of their biases in the past. But the two must be given their due, they can handle the typical cheap LA murder story. If the Blake story keeps them from covering domestic and foreign political matters, that seems like a victory for the unvarnished truth.
To: astudent
Ya know, we've got a war ongoing in Afghanistan, the Middle East is a tinderkeg...I really don't care about some faded Hollywood star who offed his wife. There are bigger things in the world to worry about than OJ redux, no matter how hard Fox & other cable channels flog it.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:03:24 AM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: astudent
actually Blake really is a good actor, but alas a murdering weirdo,,,,
To: astudent
Hopefully they won't allow cameras in the courtroom. That will really throw a wet blanket on all of this.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:10:45 AM PDT
by
Brett66
To: astudent
The first segment on Saturday Nite Live was a parody on Blake & the media. It was ok but what I really wanted to see was algore & his recently televised 'flop sweat' speech. I don't know how they missed doing that.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:11:16 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: astudent
I agree. The only way to get the message to Fox is to turn them off whenever they start to overdo the story.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:14:08 AM PDT
by
alnick
To: capt. norm
Now we'll never get back onto full, extended, uninterrupted coverage of the Condit/Levy case.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:19:45 AM PDT
by
Procyon
To: alnick
Any day I don't see Daschale, Gephardt, Lott, McCain, Hatch, Gore, Specter, and Leiberman is a good day. I'm sure the Dems will whine even more for not getting news coverage.
To: Brett66
Of course they'll allow courtroom canmeras: this is a Hollywood murder trial.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:21:31 AM PDT
by
Procyon
To: astudent
It would be a be mistake for them to do so. I've been gathering most of my news and research from the internet, Free Republic in particular. I think more and more people are turning to the web and turning off the tv. The tv news media barely scratches the surface in terms of their discussion and follow-up of important stories.
To: astudent
FWIW, Aaron Brown of CNN made a comment that his ratings the evening of the OJ-like coverage of the Robert Blake arrest were the highest of his 7-month old evening show. Personally, I thought all the cable networks were pathetic.
To: Ditter
The first segment on Saturday Nite Live was a parody on Blake & the media. THAT was hysterical. I turned to my hubby and said that they lifted Geraldo's blather about Blake from Fox word for word. I don't know which SNL actor was doing Geraldo, but he was spot on.
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:25:07 AM PDT
by
Catspaw
To: Procyon
Now we'll never get back onto full, extended, uninterrupted coverage of the Condit/Levy case. i miss the shark attack marathons, and keep the kennedys away from the water!
To: astudent
I really think you would spend your time better trying to get ride of Celebrity Wrestling, World Wrestling Federation, sitcoms such as Friends, Ellen, Rosie, etcetera. On the other hand, we live in a capitalist society ... they have the right (and the duty to their shareholders) to pump up the ratings ... otherwise you go the route of NPR, et al, trying to "raise public consciousness".
To: glock rocks
me too! Dont' forget the latest exposure of pedofile(eupheism for homosexual) priests !
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posted on
04/21/2002 6:46:15 AM PDT
by
Jan Hus
To: Ditter
I saw the skit too and the one following bashing the Pope and Cardinals...then I realized Alec Baldwin(missed the opening) was hosting and turned it off....that should answer your question why they did not spoof algore's sweaty speech.
To: mystery-ak
After you turned it off, baldwin was in a sketch with algore that made the 'gorey one' look like a giggling fool.
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posted on
04/21/2002 7:20:59 AM PDT
by
Ditter
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