What do you think of David Shuster and Rachel Maddow and the uproar around the use of double entendres on MSNBC?
EDIT:Links:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/14/david-shuster-nationwide_n_186815.html
http://www.businessandmedia.org/articles/2009/20090414140746.aspx
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/04/14/shusters-teabagging-double-entendres-youre-going-need-dick-armey
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M$While the shows do offer good news coverage, these are primarily commentary programs and, as such, I grant them some editorial license. Like other commentary programs, I can turn them off if they annoy me.
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Maybe it's not as big a deal to the public as I thought. I hang out with some pretty politically fervent guys, but I'm more apathetic, so I guess I get a skewed view on the proportion of things.
I think you're right, much depends on the perception of the viewer. If I felt my point of view was being ridiculed, perhaps I'd have a different take on the show - or probably never know, as I wouldn't be a viewer.
Neither network can be called "News" (in the traditional sense) if anything they are both news opinion networks and seem to be delusional for not admitting to it (especially FOX... "fair and balanced" c'mon)
I think Shuster and Maddow both know their audience, and are simply playing the same tune that has got them into the position they are in
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It is a sad day when Fox News has more credibility than MSMBC, but as a guy who voted proudly for Gene McCarthy and George McGovern that's exactly how I see it.
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I agree. When I was a kid we were encouraged to watch the news and read the paper, but it's getting so that's not a good idea anymore. I think I was in 4th grade, and I know it's been a recent homework assignment for 4th graders in my life. But their moms had a hard time finding something that was safe for kids that young.