RE: [TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5

2014-05-15 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kevin M. >Here's why I give Walters a pass for almost every aspect of her career except >"The View": >From last weekend’s Weekend Update: Cecily- “You’ve always been a personal inspiration to me as a news ancho

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2014-05-15 Thread Brad Beam
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2014-05-15 Thread Mark Jeffries
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5

2014-05-15 Thread PGage
I never denied her remarkable achievements, as I noted in my initial post. What I do deny is that any of her remarkable achievements included becoming a credible journalist. I would not say she is overrated as a television broadcaster, but she is overrated, perhaps the most overrated ever, as a tel

Re: [TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5

2014-05-15 Thread Kevin M.
Here's why I give Walters a pass for almost every aspect of her career except "The View": Considering how little women were taken seriously when she started in the business, her achievements are noteworthy. Walters did a lot of fluff interviews, but if you go back to those early interviews, she ha

Re: [TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5

2014-05-15 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
For me, it's Russert, Barbara, and King for an unholy trifecta. From: PGage To: "tvornottv@googlegroups.com" Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2014 12:15 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5 It's a crowded field, so I am not quite ready to award her #1, b

[TV orNotTV] Barbara Walters Top 5

2014-05-15 Thread PGage
It's a crowded field, so I am not quite ready to award her #1, but it seems to me clear that Walters will go down as the most over rated so-called journalist in the history of television. http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/barbara-walters-retires-so-long-to-one-of-americas-last-listene

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2014-05-15 Thread Joe Hass
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2014-05-15 Thread Bob Jersey
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