Comments on: TV news under the microscope http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:43:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Tess http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17570 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 00:21:06 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17570 So if we're lauding Couric, Yellen, and yes, even McClellan, for their courage in speaking out now. . .why is no one asking why they didn't speak out WHEN this was all occurring? Why aren' t Lauer, Russert, Matthews, Olbermann, Cooper, Sawyer, Williams, & Gibson also speaking out? Why aren't they explaining why they HAVEN'T Spoken out. . . So if we’re lauding Couric, Yellen, and yes, even McClellan, for their courage in speaking out now. . .why is no one asking why they didn’t speak out WHEN this was all occurring? Why aren’ t Lauer, Russert, Matthews, Olbermann, Cooper, Sawyer, Williams, & Gibson also speaking out? Why aren’t they explaining why they HAVEN’T Spoken out. . .

]]> by: Allene Swienckowski http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17442 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:26:14 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17442 I don't think the young journalist went far enough...but then of course I am not naive because I understand that this young lady must protect her job as well. It's too bad that censorship exists in many different places,openly in this country today...but for many Americans it's simply business as usual. It is crystal clear that he media dropped the ball during the lead-up to the war in Iraq and they continue to drop the ball every day when they decide to cover celebrities over news with substance. I mean dows anyone in America even know that in Europe that the farmers and the fishermen are protesting the high cost of gasoline? Of course not...these are issues that might awaken the complacent citizenry. The bottom line is, our press is no longer free whether stories and content are shot down by senior producers who answer to corporate executives who cut their pay checks - the system has been perverted and there are few people willing to stand up and state the obvious. I don’t think the young journalist went far enough…but then of course I am not naive because I understand that this young lady must protect her job as well. It’s too bad that censorship exists in many different places,openly in this country today…but for many Americans it’s simply business as usual. It is crystal clear that he media dropped the ball during the lead-up to the war in Iraq and they continue to drop the ball every day when they decide to cover celebrities over news with substance. I mean dows anyone in America even know that in Europe that the farmers and the fishermen are protesting the high cost of gasoline? Of course not…these are issues that might awaken the complacent citizenry.
The bottom line is, our press is no longer free whether stories and content are shot down by senior producers who answer to corporate executives who cut their pay checks - the system has been perverted and there are few people willing to stand up and state the obvious.

]]> by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17438 Sat, 31 May 2008 00:01:40 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17438 Looks like the weasels are at work again softening the story, which is the president and the media moguls pushed us into a war for plunder and killing for it's own sake. I am glad Tom goes with the flow we all can smell what is flowing, Tom. Looks like the weasels are at work again softening the story, which is the president and the media moguls pushed us into a war for plunder and killing for it’s own sake.
I am glad Tom goes with the flow we all can smell what is flowing, Tom.

]]> by: Jeff Waggoner http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17424 Fri, 30 May 2008 19:56:35 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/05/30/tv-news-under-the-microscope/#comment-17424 I am glad that Jessica Yellin and Katie Couric have the courage to criticize the press on its coverage of the Iraq war. Meantime, Brian Williams interviews Tom Brokow on NBC in order to have Brokow exculpate the press from any suggest that the press was a "war enabler." Pretty disgusting. I am glad that Jessica Yellin and Katie Couric have the courage to criticize the press on its coverage of the Iraq war.

Meantime, Brian Williams interviews Tom Brokow on NBC in order to have Brokow exculpate the press from any suggest that the press was a “war enabler.”

Pretty disgusting.

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