St. Louis Cardinals are down 6-0 in the 3rd Inning and I have nothing else to do. So I am going to get some things off of my chest relative to what passes as modern broadcast journalism. I understand that there are many different ways by which people receive their news and information, and so there is necessarily a watering down of available talent. This is across the board and not peculiar to one network or reporting source. With all of the dotcoms, blogs, and online news sites the role of network and cable news and commentary sources has changed dramatically. Never again will we see the likes of Walter Cronkite, Mike Wallace, or even a Ted Koppel. Those days are over. But what disturbs me is the complete lack of professionalism, ability to formulate a coherent thought, and the excessive use of slang and catch phrases by these twerps. I think Bill OReilly is an obtuse jerk who loves the sound of his own voice. He does, from time to time, call out both sides of the political aisle and presents fairly balanced reports. It is his enrapture with all things Bill that makes him hard for me to watch. I generally like Sean Hannity but he is so Right that he is back Left again, and spends an inordinate amount of time trying to get guests to say what he wants them to say. It really does a disservice to his audience. But at least on Fox they dont all sound like they are communications students working at the school television station. I find often times that CNN really tries to adhere to the content of the story and not go off on editorializing tangents-more the most part. I like Wolf Blitzer-I think he is kooky little fuzzy guy that knows his way around the Capital. Jake Tapper more often than not will take a guest to task and at least try to pry a straight answer from them. Jake needs to take note that next time he interviews a members of the Special Forces community do not refer to their mission as a waist. I thought Marcus Luttrell was literally going to commit murder on live television. That leaves the modern version of the old Audio-Visual Club from my grade school days. Our friends at MSNBC. I think the best job in the world is to be a contributor on that network because you really dont have to know anything, and you get to go on like 5 straight shows and answer the same questions. All of which the people asking you already know what the answer will be. If you are a contributor to that network that can be your singular job because you really dont have to prep but once a day and then you just get in line with the rest of the contributors. Easy peazy, Japan-neezy! What really turns my crank about MSNBC is the complete lack of originality or imagination. Here are words and phrases that each and every host and contributor is tasked with learning. When you have a really important point always begin by saying, Look, as if you are providing the one and only answer to the burning questions of humanity. Puncuate your questions, and answers, with a question. For example, So the President is reviewing his request for funds for the border, right? And he will be sending to Congress. What the hell does that mean? And for a network that has not exactly shown themselves to be the informational wing of our military they sure do love military jargon. They get this love from the White House and have really no idea what it means. Boots on the ground, the trajectory of policy on this or that issue, the political optics for the White House on this or that issue (and let me say that using the term optics in this context is the worst kind of English there is), events will change the calculus on the ground. It is like nails on a chalkboard to me when these Valley Girls and pseudo-intellectuals attempt to project credibility by raiding the military lexicon. But the award for most annoying individual goes to MSNBCs resident boy genius-Ronan Farrow. First of all anyone who doesnt absolutely believe he is Frank Sinatras son needs to get off the crack pipe. Which explains why this guy received the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journalism 3 days after the premier of his show. When your papi is the Chairman of the Board normal rules dont apply. Now this maniac really got me the other day when he attempted to put forth the notion that the United States is contributing to the gang violence and drug trafficking in El Salvador and Honduras by deporting gang members back to those places. As if they werent gangbangers when they arrived here! For the love of Pete, dude....research something! MS-13 is considered the largest, best organized, and most violent gang out there and they originated in El-Salvador and extended to neighboring countries. This kid comes from the insular world of Manhattan elite private schools, graduated college in the region of age 10, and then graduated Yale Law before the age of 19, is given a no-show job in the Clinton State Dept. and the Obama White House-all in the interest of padding his leftist resume. This guy has literally never done anything. His banter is the worst sort of forced conversation, and he has no understanding of what it means to really navigate the normal day-to-day. Not his fault I guess, and the fact the Ole Blue Eyes is his dad will continue to grease the skids for him no matter what he does. What I truly dont get is what Frank saw in this guys hag of a mother. I am of the school of thought that, I aint havin anything that Woody Allen had a piece of. Now thats just me. You have Alex Wagner on there whose father was the Chairman of Bill Clintons re-election campaign, and her fiancée is the White House Chef. Not a lot of room for independent thought there. There is the double-endentred Crystal Ball, whose claim to fame is a failed congressional run, the uni-named Toure who was the editor of a Hip-Hop magazine before is Toure-Foray into political punditry, and then hapless Luke Russert who will suffer by comparison the rest of his life. To top it all off we have the never seen at the same time Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow. Two, or maybe one, completely hapless and boring lecturers who would be better off as adjuncts preaching to the choir at some eastern bastion of liberalism.
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 02:26:03 +0000
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