Everybody who voted for Trump knows what he is. For the people who don’t know, there’s nothing the news media can do to connect with them.
Journalists still do a reasonably good job in covering local news and business news. The reporters and pundits doing national news have gotten into a closed circle and think of each other as their audience. On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 11:30 AM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > There is no such thing as journalism on television anymore. > > There is no such thing as journalism in big city newspapers anymore. > > If we had journalists working in traditional media, this week would’ve > been very different. > > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > On Fri, Nov 8, 2024 at 8:01 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Wondering if anyone else sampled “Election Night w Brian Williams” on >> Amazon Prime Tuesday night? For the portion of the night before real >> results came in, and after key counties in key states did and pointed to >> the inevitable outcome (heartbreakingly early as it turned out) I checked >> in and out, and liked a lot of it. For the few hours when we were getting >> meaningful returns I attended to MSNBC, hooked on the still wonderful Steve >> Kornacki. For a while I watched both, one on my TV and the other on my IPad. >> >> I have always been pro Williams, even during his all-too-human false >> memories fiasco, and enjoyed him on what I thought was clearly the best >> show on MSNBC. On Prime he recreated much of that vibe - collegial, >> professional, smart, funny, relaxed but articulate. He is a broadcaster >> (Streamer?) in the mode of Bob Costas or David Letterman, and like them it >> is usually a pleasure to be in their company regardless of what they are >> talking about. I would have fewer of the other exiles and rejects from >> cable news shows ( Don Lemon was an idiot long before Trump was a >> presidential politician), but I liked it enough that I hope they put >> together some sort of weekly show. Of course he was my choice to take over >> for Trevor Noah on TDS, >> >> Aside from Stevie K, MSNBC was a mess. Yes we know they are the liberal >> outlet, and I don’t mind that they were all explicitly rooting for Harris. >> I was too after all. But I don’t watch the news to have people I agree >> with blow smoke up my ass and try to induct me into their delusional >> system. Even Fox News, as horrible as they are, usually have some news >> person who is connected to reality. >> >> On MSNBC it was like none of the hosts were even listening to Kornacki >> during their many breakaways. Joy Reid was at her absolute worst ( a level >> she never strays too far from). Late into the night she continued to assert >> that when Philadelphia came in the race would look different, as if she was >> the only one who knew there are a lot of Black people in Philly, and also >> as if she had not listened to, or understood SK 100 feet from her >> explaining all night how Kamala was underperforming Biden enough in key >> swing PA counties that even unrealistically high margins in Philadelphia >> would not make a difference. >> >> I usually ambivalently defend MSNBC against Kevin’s broad dismissals, >> arguing they are 33% better than Fox. Tuesday night they were much worse >> than Fox. Too bad too, because during the Trump Sequel we are really going >> to need credible journalists to call him to account, and instead most Trump >> resistors will be stuck with The Clown Show. >> >> https://www.salon.com/2024/11/06/brian-williams-night-prime/ >> >> >> >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bmj0jign9dMrNq6LDDjsmyzEhwLBfCOgJvwnvsN9NOfA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Bmj0jign9dMrNq6LDDjsmyzEhwLBfCOgJvwnvsN9NOfA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cey8M2wwQTCGgnqAgXBpCqBm68y8xf5f4AgqnN-Xtstg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4Cey8M2wwQTCGgnqAgXBpCqBm68y8xf5f4AgqnN-Xtstg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiG6%2BYcoivHOnK6zLE9jhb_cpwwR6H0sM%2BcfJriTNnZdWA%40mail.gmail.com.
