[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
Since Group W has been mentioned, we should pay homage to the all-too- short lived Satellite News Channel from nearly 30 years ago (has it really been that long?!?), a joint venture of Group W and ABC which used its own variation on the you give us 22 minutes ... imaging liner that Group W made so famous in all-news radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_News_Channel Mark, of course, got HLN's tagline right. On Mar 23, 1:05 pm, Mark J. mjeffr...@marcrealty.com wrote: Amazingly, the comments came up with a good idea--turn HLN back into the old news-wheel format (although the commenter was using a variation of the Group W radio You give us 22 minutes... slogan instead of the correct slogan: Around the world in 30 minutes, this is CNN Headline News). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Mar 24, 7:29 am, K.M. Richards richard...@gmail.com wrote: Since Group W has been mentioned, we should pay homage to the all-too- short lived Satellite News Channel from nearly 30 years ago (has it really been that long?!?), a joint venture of Group W and ABC which used its own variation on the you give us 22 minutes ... imaging liner that Group W made so famous in all-news radio: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_News_Channel Mark, of course, got HLN's tagline right. And one vestige of SNC lives on--when ABC took over ESPN, they give the net the SNC music package, since the channel had such a short life with little carriage. They immediately used one of the cuts on the package as the theme for SportsCenter (which contained the dah-da- dah-da-da-DAHHH... line that I assume was SNC's primary theme) and then a few years later switched to another cut from the package which featured a certain three-note repeated signature--and I don't think I need to describe that to you any more. Unfortunately, co-composer Annie Roboff doesn't see a penny of royalties, since she and her partner sold off the package to ABC for a flat fee (but considering she co-wrote the Faith Hill song This Kiss, among other things, she's not doing bad). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Mar 23, 6:40 pm, David Lynch djly...@gmail.com wrote: The problem I have with CNN is that they have bought into the idea that the way to have a view from nowhere approach is to bring in guests to express their point of view without any challenge from the anchor/reporter/host, no matter how inflammatory or factually inaccurate those statements are. Anderson Cooper has gone against that particular grain by frequently challenging his satellite guests with facts and figures that contradict whatever cockamamie bs they've made elsewhere. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Mar 23, 2:28 pm, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: ...MSNBC has that covered. And Fox is 'Fair and Balanced'. For the record, the current MSNBC slogan is Lean Forward. Which may have something to do with their weekend prison docs. :) Amazingly, the comments came up with a good idea--turn HLN back into the old news-wheel format (although the commenter was using a variation of the Group W radio You give us 22 minutes... slogan instead of the correct slogan: Around the world in 30 minutes, this is CNN Headline News). Of course, CNN's response will be that Nancy Grace and Joy Behar do better numbers in prime time and that TV ad buyers are flummoxed with short-attention-span radio-style formats on cable TV (see MTV, VH1, TWC, etc.). -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
I'd just like to say that I'm tired of MSNBC being depicted as the liberal channel in contrast to Fox's extreme conservatism. MSNBC has exactly two liberals (not counting the occasional guest host or commentator): Rachel and Ed. Everyone else is either conservative, moderate, or locked into the Beltway mentality. --Dake Sikula On Mar 23, 12:40 pm, PGage pga...@gmail.com wrote: This is actually a pretty good strategy that amounts to focusing on delivering the news. Fox won by suckering CNN into the argument about whether or not they had a liberal bias. CNN is better off letting Fox (and MSNBC now) argue about partisan ideologies, and trying to regain their reputation as a source of serious news. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd just like to say that I'm tired of MSNBC being depicted as the liberal channel in contrast to Fox's extreme conservatism. MSNBC has exactly two liberals (not counting the occasional guest host or commentator): Rachel and Ed. Everyone else is either conservative, moderate, or locked into the Beltway mentality. I agree. But what is true is that they have consciously decided to brand themselves ideologically (accurately or not), and I think that does take them out of the straight news niche. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd just like to say that I'm tired of MSNBC being depicted as the liberal channel in contrast to Fox's extreme conservatism. MSNBC has exactly two liberals (not counting the occasional guest host or commentator): Rachel and Ed. Everyone else is either conservative, moderate, or locked into the Beltway mentality. --Dake Sikula Well, there's somewhat permanent host Cenk Uygur and Lawerence Liberals Amuse Me, I'm a Socialist O'Donnell [ http://j.mp/ckvpJT ] among the network's cast of centrists. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
[TV orNotTV] Re: CNN -- Not the Place for Politics
On Mar 23, 4:20 pm, Wesley McGee wesley.mc...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:09 PM, Dave Sikula dsik...@yahoo.com wrote: I'd just like to say that I'm tired of MSNBC being depicted as the liberal channel in contrast to Fox's extreme conservatism. MSNBC has exactly two liberals (not counting the occasional guest host or commentator): Rachel and Ed. Everyone else is either conservative, moderate, or locked into the Beltway mentality. --Dake Sikula Well, there's somewhat permanent host Cenk Uygur and Lawerence Liberals Amuse Me, I'm a Socialist O'Donnell [http://j.mp/ckvpJT] among the network's cast of centrists. Didn't Uygur do a show on Air America? That wasn't exactly a centrist network. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
