NBCU owns Telemundo, not Univision. It just happens also that ABC and Univision are involved in a fledgling news channel aimed at English-speaking Latinos called Fusion.
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 11:44 AM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 9:19 AM, Joe Hass <hassgoc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I don't watch network TV news, but is Mr Stephanopolous a better breaking >> news anchor than Ms Sawyer? >> >> >> To me, it isn't about who the better anchor is. It's about which network > is in the best position to provide on-the-ground coverage of breaking news. > By virtue of the fact NBC news has to provide news coverage to the main > network as well as MSNBC (and, to an extent, Univision), they have a slight > advantage in terms of the budget they can set aside for reporters and > bureaus. Their affiliates have also been the least likely to farm work out > to other cities (I think I read there's now a Fox affiliate in Florida > somewhere whose newscast is produced almost entirely in Maine), so they > have local "talent" to draw from when things occur. > > Prior to the death of Peter Jennings (let's all pause and sigh about that > for a moment), I think ABC did the best job of allocating resources. > Network news did the wraparounds, Nightline provided in-depth analysis, and > 20/20 did investigative (albeit biased) reporting... there was a balance to > it all, and an ability to borrow from each branch as needed. CNN may have > had more experts back then, but they weren't as strategically positioned. > But all that has dramatically changed. I wouldn't trust ABC to tell me the > time of day. > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
