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hoolstoptheheels

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Sure. And Walter Cronkite couldn't get a job if his life depended on it


today. Not unless he changed his delivery or worked for PBS. I watched Jim Lehrer for decades on the NewsHour, and towards the end of his run on that show they did a piece on an award he got for his service in the marines. They showed him giving a rather Semper Fi-like speech, and it blew me away. I would never have guessed that he was a marine. I had no idea what his bias was - still don't.

Yet nobody watches the NewsHour, particularly in the echo chamber-driven world Lehrer ended his career in. Cronkite was a creature of his time - in his day, media juggernauts maybe had 6 channels, not counting UHF, if you remember what that was. The marketplace is totally different, hyper-competitive, with many channels devoted to 24 hour "news". News is a profit center.

It is in our power to change it. We can suddenly ignore all the biased outlets, left and right. That'll change them. But we don't want that. We want our biased reporting, and we want to devote hours to outrage over the bias from the opposite echo chamber. And we'll continue to get that until we change.

(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 01/07/2019 at 09:28AM



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Analysis on A1 -- Faz d. Hoo 01/06/2019 10:24PM
  I have zero empathy for govt employees ** -- ConnHoo 01/08/2019 07:44AM
  In their defense, in this particular case -- wahoo138 01/07/2019 12:53PM
  Don't hold your breath. he's hopeless. ** -- 111Balz 01/07/2019 12:40PM
  That is not what he is proposing... ** -- hoothat 01/07/2019 11:37AM
  Enjoy the bubble you have wrapped yourself in. -- hoothat 01/07/2019 11:59AM
  Why are you here? ** -- hoothat 01/07/2019 12:04PM
  Then cancel your subscription to the WP and get one to the FT. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 09:16AM
  In a nutshell its about nostalgia IMO. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 10:20AM
  Same. And Hallie Jackson at 6:33** -- jackethoo 01/07/2019 10:54AM
  There is a pretty wide variety of options. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 10:27AM
  See yellow journalism. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 01/07/2019 09:23AM
  Correct. -- Chuck Taylor 01/07/2019 1:30PM
  I totally disagree with that. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 09:38AM
  There's a reason i put facts in quotations -- HokieDan95 01/07/2019 10:02AM
  Tough to find truly neutral reporting ** -- Tuckahokie 01/07/2019 08:31AM
  Like I said...tough to find truly neutral reporting ** -- Tuckahokie 01/07/2019 09:32AM
  Which doesn't mean you can't. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 09:52AM
  They are absolutely a minority. By definition. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 10:25AM
  LOLPOTY! ** -- Hoodafan 01/07/2019 11:25AM
  I'm sure sometimes I do it better than others. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 10:45AM
  I don't believe that is universally true. -- hoolstoptheheels 01/07/2019 11:42AM
  Yup. You lost it. ** -- hoothat 01/07/2019 11:28AM
  In your opinion is it "biased" to point out when he lies? -- Hoocinogenic 01/07/2019 04:01AM
  Woosh... ** -- hoothat 01/06/2019 11:17PM
  Yup. Propaganda. ** -- hoothat 01/06/2019 10:41PM
  Nope, that's the liberal mission -- Faz d. Hoo 01/07/2019 08:59AM
  He’s a troll faz, wouldn’t waste your time. ** -- hooyorkcity 01/07/2019 11:26AM

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