Comments on: Presidential Primaries: The Surprise Hit of the TV Season http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/presidential-primaries-the-surprise-hit-of-the-tv-season/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:41:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Myra Jones http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/presidential-primaries-the-surprise-hit-of-the-tv-season/#comment-17919 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:58:16 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/presidential-primaries-the-surprise-hit-of-the-tv-season/#comment-17919 This article is a disgusting validation of the worthless tv coverage of the presidential primaries, which has been almost devoid of any content, and which has focused on the gossipy, personal, non-relevant details. Frankly I don't give a damn if Obama wears a flag pin, or what his former minister said over a 30 year period. I want to know what Obama will do about Guantanamo and Blackwater. The so-called debates were almost worthless, full of personal questions that mainly allowed the questioners to posture in front of the camera, while the truly vital topics--like global warming-- went unaddressed. I don't want my political coverage to sound like someone's favorite soap opera. That's what soap opera is for! If most Americans are like me, we watched the coverage because we are truly concerned about the state of our country and because it was the only game in town, not because it was any good. If anything--ANYTHING--positive comes out of this shabby, sham journalism, I hope that at the very least we will take the debates out of the hands of the ABC's and Tim Russerts of the industry--give them back to the League of women Voters and let the networks stick to what they can do-- the camera work. This article is a disgusting validation of the worthless tv coverage of the presidential primaries, which has been almost devoid of any content, and which has focused on the gossipy, personal, non-relevant details. Frankly I don’t give a damn if Obama wears a flag pin, or what his former minister said over a 30 year period. I want to know what Obama will do about Guantanamo and Blackwater.

The so-called debates were almost worthless, full of personal questions that mainly allowed the questioners to posture in front of the camera, while the truly vital topics–like global warming– went unaddressed. I don’t want my political coverage to sound like someone’s favorite soap opera. That’s what soap opera is for!

If most Americans are like me, we watched the coverage because we are truly concerned about the state of our country and because it was the only game in town, not because it was any good.

If anything–ANYTHING–positive comes out of this shabby, sham journalism, I hope that at the very least we will take the debates out of the hands of the ABC’s and Tim Russerts of the industry–give them back to the League of women Voters and let the networks stick to what they can do– the camera work.

]]> by: Cord;ey Coit http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/presidential-primaries-the-surprise-hit-of-the-tv-season/#comment-17902 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:57:13 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2008/06/05/presidential-primaries-the-surprise-hit-of-the-tv-season/#comment-17902 Too bad the press is missing the Bushites sacking Washington on their way home to Texas. Too bad the press is missing the Bushites sacking Washington on their way home to Texas.

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