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The main story on NBC Nightly News concerned the first hostage release in the Israel/Gaza war. About 10 minutes into the broadcast, they ran three stories, all involving heightened mall security on Black Friday. The first story was about a...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Nov 25, 2023 at 01:53 PM PST
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News of the Supreme Court’s historic betrayal of some 50 years of precedent on the issue leaked on May 3, 2022 . Judging by the ads Republicans aired that month, they seemed to believe they had an ...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Sat Jun 24, 2023 at 11:01 AM PDT
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At midnight, the members of the Writers Guild of America went on strike after the board of directors for both the eastern and western branches of the union unanimously called for a walkout. Some of the effects of this decision won’t be obvious to media...
by Mark Sumner
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on Tue May 02, 2023 at 07:35 AM PDT
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It’s so weird how the major networks frame the news. The case in point is from Nora O’Donnell’s evening show on CBS. This was the day Biden announced his run for re-election. The only issue the CBS coverage raised was Biden’s age. An interviewer on the...
by AliceT4
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on Sat Apr 29, 2023 at 11:31 AM PDT
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As the GOP dumpster fire lurches haplessly down the midterm gulch, House Democrats are nearly all rowing in the same direction with one issue dominating their closing argument to voters: Abortion. By September's end, Democratic candidates and their...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Mon Oct 03, 2022 at 02:49 PM PDT
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This seems to be the week when God calls the overachievers back home. First, Nichelle Nichols (Lt Uhura from Star Trek). Then, Bill Russell. Now, long-time LA Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully is gone at 94. He was the voice of the Dodgers for 67...
by theAngrySwamy
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on Wed Aug 03, 2022 at 11:45 PM PDT
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We were watching NBC nightly news, but it could have been any of the networks. They all cover the same stories in the same way. They went from the suffering women and children in Ukraine to a puff piece about women in cryptocurrency. The “reporter”...
by AliceT4
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on Sun Apr 10, 2022 at 10:06 AM PDT
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Fifty years ago today Elton John gave a live performance on radio in N.Y.C. It was his first live album and it was released because there were so many bootleg recordings of the broadcast. According to the article at the link, John considers it his...
by xaxnar
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on Tue Nov 17, 2020 at 11:37 AM PST
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The Biden campaign announced its largest ad buy yet this week, lavishing some $65 million on broadcast, digital, and print in key battleground states, according to CNN. The announcement comes on the heels of the Biden camp bolstering its war chest with...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Fri Sep 18, 2020 at 07:50 AM PDT
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Donald Trump's campaign is broke, and his ad spending in the first week of September took a major hit. In six key battleground states, the Trump campaign spent just under $4 million in TV and radio advertising for Sept. 1-7 while the Biden campaign...
by Kerry Eleveld
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on Tue Sep 08, 2020 at 11:52 AM PDT
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Ranker provides a list of what tv channels that people think has the best programs.
I admit that I am an outlier….for me television shows, for the most part, stopped being good as of 1989 or ...
by BFSkinner
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on Sat Mar 02, 2019 at 08:01 PM PST
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On Monday, Media Matters published an analysis of how well broadcast news covered the climate change connection to Hurricane Florence. Big surprise: by and large, they didn’t.
According to Media Matters, ABC didn’t mention climate change at all in...
by ClimateDenierRoundup
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on Wed Sep 26, 2018 at 06:28 AM PDT
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A big argument is taking place among all parties, and it was visible in April’s congressional Zuckerberg hearings. Should monopolies bulk up or break up?
Surprisingly, the Economist magazine in 2016 devoted a whole issue to companies being “too...
by FJA
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on Fri Jun 15, 2018 at 05:36 PM PDT
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The main cause of the devastating damage to our democracy has been hiding in plain sight, the spread of false information that is nurtured mostly by dissatisfaction in our government.
Over the years, many have exploited the problem but no one, no...
by mducheiney
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on Sun Jun 10, 2018 at 10:08 AM PDT
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There is a CONSERVATIVE bias in broadcast and cable cast news, especially on AM radio. Meet the Press, like every other chat show on Sunday TV nearly always has more Republicans than Democrats, more conservatives than liberals. What the Spectator...
by 888guy
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on Fri May 25, 2018 at 11:22 AM PDT
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I’ve embarked in a journey to bring a new perspective into socio-politico conversations, to look at issues confronted by society and the government through the prism of logic, with patriotism as the basis for the discussions.
Its main goal is to...
by mducheiney
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on Wed Feb 21, 2018 at 02:19 AM PST
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Greetings, lots happening today, the day before a four-part deregulation proposal is to be discussed and decided at the FCC. This could homogenize local news. And that’s not all on the agenda for tomorrow — the FCC is also scheduled to vote on NTSC3.0,...
by FJA
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on Wed Nov 15, 2017 at 04:05 PM PST
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It’s just so difficult to keep up with all matters Trump that here’s what won’t be covered in depth this week:
Trump’s popularity is slipping among rural voters , his base.
by bmethven
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on Sun Oct 15, 2017 at 08:01 AM PDT
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Hat tip to The Phoenix New Times….
On August 17, KPNX-TV, a television station in Phoenix, Arizona ran a story about the vandalism of a memorial to Confederate War Dead on the grounds of the Arizona State Capitol. According to the story, the...
by Rashaverak
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on Sat Aug 26, 2017 at 10:43 AM PDT
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Real quick but just wanted to point out that at least here in Tallahassee, Florida Comey’s testimony is being shown on the Broadcast Networks for CBS, NBC, and ABC!!!!! This type of interruption of local programming is something only done for bigly...
by cubbies01
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on Thu Jun 08, 2017 at 07:55 AM PDT
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- Many Americans are confused by the spectacle they heard (we couldn’t “witness” it because Republicans on the Supreme Court won’t allow their proceedings to be televised) yesterday as an attorney for Donald Trump, at least three different times in...66 comments 185 Recs
- If the Supreme Court thinks former presidents have, or do not have, some or absolute immunity against criminal prosecution, why not just say so now? Why would it take months? Do they have something better to do? Are there other priorities on their...289 comments 593 Recs
- Reposted from Substack This week MAGA Media outlets have breathlessly declared that they’ve found “smoking gun” evidence that proves that the Biden Administration was in communication with ...13 comments 83 Recs
- Expect the Senate race to be close this fall—unless Wisconsinites find out what Eric Hovde thinks of them. Are you a farmer? Eric Hovde thinks your retirement age should be pushed up to 72 because after all, “you’re largely driving around on a tractor”...15 comments 88 Recs
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- Welcome 🌻 to Fridayâs Roundup of Good News! President Biden has said many times that he is a president for all of America, whether you voted for him or not. His attitude can be hard to take at ...111 comments 158 Recs
- A new digital ad will run in the swing states during the NFL draft. The draft festivities were held in Detroit, attended by 300,000, and broadcast to millions across the country. The ad targets Trump's lack of interest in football, comparing it to...47 comments 144 Recs
- Never in my long life have I been as enraged and sickened about American politics as I am now. I am close to utter despair at what I’m seeing. My beloved country is becoming an insane asylum, filled with people who want to see the American experiment...120 comments 260 Recs
- I am channeling my inner Andy Rooney for this VERY short diary, and am delighted that the Image Library is here to help yet again. Did ya ever notice how, right after the Democrats pull off something absolutely remarkable, this strange thing happens...400 comments 778 Recs
- Russian forces conducted missile strikes against Ukrainian railway and logistics infrastructure on April 25. Ukrainian military officials reported that Russian forces struck a logistics and railway connection point in Smila, Cherkasy Oblast likely with...37 comments 172 Recs
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