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Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Max on May 08, 2007, 10:05:01 PM: Katie or Dan?
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Dago on May 08, 2007, 10:16:24 PM: They both suck. Both threw out any illusion of being a professional journalist.

From all reports, both are arrogant and hard to get along with. Both feel serving their agenda overrides any temptation to just report the news in an objective manner.

I suspect Dan is the bigger bellybutton of the two.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: rpm on May 09, 2007, 12:06:05 AM: I miss Bob Schieffer.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: DiabloTX on May 09, 2007, 12:15:46 AM: I miss Cronkite.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Sandman on May 09, 2007, 12:35:31 AM: Does anyone actually watch evening news?
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: lazs2 on May 09, 2007, 08:36:19 AM: I don't.

lazs
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: DREDIOCK on May 09, 2007, 08:38:16 AM: Quote
Originally posted by DiabloTX
I miss Cronkite.

agreed

I only occasionally watch the evening news. and thats onoly if it happens to be on when Im in the room
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Post by: Chairboy on May 09, 2007, 09:54:47 AM: They still have news on TV? I thought everyone used the internet now.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Airscrew on May 09, 2007, 02:39:35 PM: I watch the local news and thats about it. I havent watched a network news progam since Harry Reasoner, Howard K. Smith, Frank Reynolds, Walter, John Chancellor, and when I was very young I remember Huntley and Brinkley and then later just Brinkley
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Karash on May 09, 2007, 03:08:00 PM: It is a shame that Bill Moyers was never an anchor...but he mainly does investigative peices.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: vorticon on May 09, 2007, 03:38:57 PM: i watch TV news, or rather discovery channel news, for the sole purpose of laughing at pointless robots that were made obsolete 8 thousand years ago with the invention of the wheel.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Fulmar on May 09, 2007, 03:47:59 PM: Cronkite is still by far #1.
But since the early 90's I fell in love with Peter Jennings. It was like an addiction for me to watch the World News on ABC. Now, all the channels have no anchors that I enjoy. Unless you count Steven Colbert.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: john9001 on May 09, 2007, 04:22:40 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Fulmar
Cronkite is still by far #1.

cronkite? yeah right, he's the one that said the viet cong won the tet offensive when the viet cong were almost wiped out during that ill-advised attack.

you probably think the "daily show" is a real news program.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: LePaul on May 09, 2007, 04:45:14 PM: Rather shoved Cronkite right off the air. Not even allowing his "guest pieces" or anything. Search around...its pretty interesting how Dan made CBS all about himself for as long as he could.

I've only seen Couric's program a handful of times. As far as CBS goes, they are woefully behind the times compared to ABC and NBC.

Frankly, between the big "three", I'd rather watch Tom Brokaw. But, he's gone now.

I can't stand the national evening news. I can only take so many car and drug commercials so densely packed.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: eskimo2 on May 09, 2007, 04:52:12 PM: The closest thing to the news that I watch on TV are the Daily Show and the the Colbert Report.
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Post by: Furball on May 09, 2007, 05:05:13 PM: Ron Burgundy is the greatest.

(http://img.search.com/thumb/e/e8/WillFerrell.jpg/200px-WillFerrell.jpg)
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Post by: john9001 on May 09, 2007, 05:12:25 PM: Quote
Originally posted by eskimo2
The closest thing to the news that I watch on TV are the Daily Show and the the Colbert Report.

the daily show and colbert report are not news shows, they are comedy shows, they tell you that at the start of the shows, you might as well get your "news" from saturday night live.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Fulmar on May 09, 2007, 05:19:28 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
cronkite? yeah right, he's the one that said the viet cong won the tet offensive when the viet cong were almost wiped out during that ill-advised attack.

you probably think the "daily show" is a real news program.

(http://ramblingrhodes.mu.nu/archives/kidscomputerx8ll.jpg)

Cite your source. Your critique of Cronkite is ridiculous. As for the daily show, sorry, not a liberal hippie.
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Post by: Shifty on May 09, 2007, 05:22:00 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
the daily show and colbert report are not news shows, they are comedy shows, they tell you that at the start of the shows, you might as well get your "news" from saturday night live.

Ehh John.

I think Eskimo was saying just that, he doesn't watch the news. You may need to clean your sarcasm sensor bud.;)
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Post by: eskimo2 on May 09, 2007, 06:18:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
the daily show and colbert report are not news shows, they are comedy shows, they tell you that at the start of the shows, you might as well get your "news" from saturday night live.

EVERYTHING on those two shows is 100% true! (Except for a few obvious jokes)
Go ahead and point out what they have said that is not true. (Except for the few obvious jokes)
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 09, 2007, 07:45:46 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
cronkite? yeah right, he's the one that said the viet cong won the tet offensive when the viet cong were almost wiped out during that ill-advised attack.

you probably think the "daily show" is a real news program.

But he was right, while it wasn't a military victory for the North or the VC, it was a definite political and propoganda victory for them.

ack-ack
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Post by: BTW on May 09, 2007, 07:55:22 PM: When a news program turned a profit (in the 70's? I know Nielsen ratings didn't even keep track of news till the 80's) it ended the idea of broadcast "journalism."
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: bj229r on May 09, 2007, 08:48:36 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Karash
It is a shame that Bill Moyers was never an anchor...but he mainly does investigative peices.
He could never BE an anchor now, he is such DNC shill even liberals would be hard-pressed to defend him (pthh..who am kidding:( )
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Toad on May 09, 2007, 09:37:37 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
But he was right, while it wasn't a military victory for the North or the VC, it was a definite political and propoganda victory for them.

ack-ack

Well, it became one after their buddies in the US news media kept saying it was over and over and over and over.

Once again, for those with an open mind:

A Better War (http://www.amazon.com/Better-War-Unexamined-Victories-Americas/dp/0151002665)

Lewis Sorely, $9 used; dare to read the other side of the story.

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Using a host of oral interviews, 455 tape recordings made in Vietnam during the years 1968-1972 and numerous other sources, military historian Sorley has produced a first-rate challenge to the conventional wisdom about American military performance in Vietnam.
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Sandman on May 09, 2007, 09:40:18 PM: Quote
Originally posted by eskimo2
EVERYTHING on those two shows is 100% true! (Except for a few obvious jokes)
Go ahead and point out what they have said that is not true. (Except for the few obvious jokes)

If anything, Stewart and Colbert will keep you up to speed on current events.

There's also this:

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=319

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Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: Dago on May 10, 2007, 05:24:44 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Ack-Ack
But he was right, while it wasn't a military victory for the North or the VC, it was a definite political and propoganda victory for them.

ack-ack

Think about it, maybe it can only be declared a propoganda victory because guys like Cronkite said it was. What if they had just reported it as a major military defeat for the VC and NVA? What would it have been then? Were the the reporters actually the cause of it being a political victory? Could they, with a little wisdom and judgement have caused it to be differant?
Title: CBS Evening New - who's worse?
Post by: lazs2 on May 10, 2007, 08:12:53 AM: Toad... great book. Anyone who is interested in vietnam should read it.

sandie.. what were the questions? "do you believe man is responsible for global warming?" "Is bush a poo poo head?"

lazs