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force2bseen · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:07 am Post subject: Brokaw as bad as rather

I am not a real main stream media buff, my wife wanted to watch Brokaw as she has accepted that Dan Rather is for sure phoney.
A friend, before the debate told me yesterday to watch Brokaw after the debate and he should have his team uf "undecided" Ohio voters on.
My friend could have written the script!!! These six "undecided" were asked loaded questions about the debate by TOM and all six did not even mention Bush. All were positive about all the key elements of the debate pro Kerrey. All stated the were leaning to Kerry but are still "undecided" Thus will be back on show. Tonight in his quick check of the debate reaction across America at least one was quoted again.
My friend says they have been doing this "undecided" freakshow all summer and he has not heard one positive comment for Bush but they remain "undecided".
Brokaw to me shows no more journalistic integrity to me than DAN.
My wife has one more choice , Jennings and I am sure with a little help
and below the lines viewing will blow him out also.
Thanks

Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

I think you're pretty much going to find the same thing with all the alphabet networks.

Fox is the closest thing to moderate that we have in television news, so I watch them almost exclusively lately. Their ratings are way up - the alphabet networks' are way down.

Lots of people just plain tired of the lefty spin and the negativity about all things American, all things military and all things Bush that you get from the alphabet soup.

They MIGHT catch on in time to save themselves - they ARE a business in a capitalist system, after all. But, I sure won't hold my breath waiting for them to wise up.

Welcome aboard. Smile

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Truegrit · Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2004 8:45 am Post subject: Brokaw is biased for sure

Tom Brokaw and NBC are clearly biased. For example, in last night's news program, they included a short segment on House Majority Whip DeLay's run in on ethics over an effort to armtwist a colleague for a vote -- political horsetrading. This was definite NOT a story worthy of evening news with all that is going on in the world. Brokaw included it to reinforce the anti-Bush momentum that the MSM is trying to build behind Kerry. Newsweek magazine is a major offender as well.

What's sad about Brokaw is that he wrote this book "The Greatest Generation" about the World War II generation. But if we had a media culture back in the 40's like we have today in America, we could never have succeeded in beating Hitler. The media would have wanted us to cut and run after the Kaserine pass disaster in North Africa, or the high cost of Guadalcanal. The media, on the scene in Manila, in '45 would have forced the U.S. to call off the fight because of the heavily toll of civilian casualties ("friendlies") taken by U.S. artillery fire, as we tried to root out the remaining Japanese defenders.

It is pathetic what has happened to America's media and political elites. Pathetic. And if Kerry wins, we will all pay for it.
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