Good column Bernie. Makes me yearn for the days of Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. Dates me I know, but today's viewers have no concept of what television reporting was when it was really 'just report the news and let people think for themselves'. I so wish Johnny Carson was still on at late night to take shots at all these politicians, left and right, to make all of them feel some heat. We're missing that today. Late night shows are all left wing, nobody to take the center, though Bill Maher is getting there, liberal as he is. I still have some faith in some reporters, most are at Fox but not opinion people. People like Baer, Roberts, Bream. I'm sure there are some others at other networks, but we would all be better off if the strictly opinion people would be swept aside from every network. Won't happen, I know, what would 24/7 cable channels do without opinion shows? Perhaps, 24/7 news is the worst thing that ever happened to this country.
The growth in independent media like this site indicate that people will pay for honesty. Maybe you never got it for free anyway. I subscribe to you, Greenwald and Taibbi. There is disclaimer that people tag onto media consumption, "I don't agree with ---- on everything." It is such a foolish thing. Of course you don't! Two people that agree on everything have never talked to each other. Journalism has a great opportunity to fill the demand for honest editorial decision making and reporting. Both are important to gaining trust and viewers.
Good column Bernie. Makes me yearn for the days of Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. Dates me I know, but today's viewers have no concept of what television reporting was when it was really 'just report the news and let people think for themselves'. I so wish Johnny Carson was still on at late night to take shots at all these politicians, left and right, to make all of them feel some heat. We're missing that today. Late night shows are all left wing, nobody to take the center, though Bill Maher is getting there, liberal as he is. I still have some faith in some reporters, most are at Fox but not opinion people. People like Baer, Roberts, Bream. I'm sure there are some others at other networks, but we would all be better off if the strictly opinion people would be swept aside from every network. Won't happen, I know, what would 24/7 cable channels do without opinion shows? Perhaps, 24/7 news is the worst thing that ever happened to this country.
The growth in independent media like this site indicate that people will pay for honesty. Maybe you never got it for free anyway. I subscribe to you, Greenwald and Taibbi. There is disclaimer that people tag onto media consumption, "I don't agree with ---- on everything." It is such a foolish thing. Of course you don't! Two people that agree on everything have never talked to each other. Journalism has a great opportunity to fill the demand for honest editorial decision making and reporting. Both are important to gaining trust and viewers.