Looking forward to this book

[Niteshift]

My ISP has been promoting a book I'm looking forward to reading.

It's called "Bias- A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distorts the News."

The book is written by Bernard Goldberg, a long-time CBS reporter.

I think it will be VERY interesting.

[Friday]

There's the real world and the "truth" and then there's the media interpretation/selection and presentation of their version of events. It's always been fascinating to watch what is "news" at any given moment.

It's funny, but on "slow news" days around here, a rumor of snow can take on the excitement and drama of the second coming.

Gotta fill that air time, newspaper, with something, anything, each and every day!

Always entertaining and educational to hear an insider's skinny.

Friday

[Friday]

Another one I have to read is new:

The Making of Las Vegas and Its Hold on America, by Roger Morris

Supposed to be the story from the 20's to the present, with all the secret stuff revealed. Follow the money, follow the dead bodies, follow the money.

Friday

[Evan]

This past week I was listening to Ken Hamblin radio talk show and one of his guests was Bernard Goldberg. He was on to promote this book and give more insight and behind the scenes look at network news. Mr. Goldberg started the book after he published an article in the New york Times that basically let out the laundry of the network news and how the networks "spin" the storys to what "they" think we need to know. He also went on to say that while at CBS, the news division is ran by Dan Rather and reporters that don't kiss his *** are out of the loop. Mr. Goldberg also said that Dan Rather is the type of guy, that he is either with you or against you. Basically it's Dan's way or th highway. During the interview, M. Goldberg said that the reason he walked away from network news, is that he refused to make an appology to Dan Rather and the corporate head of CBS news and also refused to retract his article. MR. Goldberg also made the point, that the network reporters don't actually go out, find, develop, and write news stories, that they would take the headline news stories from the morning newspapers and then "edit" the story for the evening news.
Right now, I am reading Bill O'Reilly's new book "The no spin Zone".

[Mike Tx]

I don't think I have the strength to read that book on media bias. my grandmother, before she died, was a CNN fanatic. She watched it 24 hours a day and it pretty much shaped her view of the world. She hated Ronald Reagan because she thought he was hurting the elderly with his tax plan.

I think she was listening to the same stuff that they say now, that is, about how a tax cut will be bad, and the poor and elderly will suffer. Seems like they spread gloom and doom.

I have never understood why I need to hear about a missing child found dead in Wisconsin, when I can hear about it around here. And why do I need to hear about the police in Los Angeles? What possible effect could they have on me? Or drug dealers involved in a shootout with government cops in Columbia?

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[Mike Tx]

Another thing they do that I hate is the weather. They can't tell you it's 98 degrees. They have to tell you it's 98 degrees but it feels like 110 degrees. Or the opposite. It's this cold but it feels colder. Traffic is going to be bad today because of the weather so stay home unless you have to go out today.

Also, last winter the media here caused the biggest traffic tie up I haver been in when they predicted an ice storm would blow through the city and paralize traffic. Everybody got off at about 2 pm and were stuck for hours in an average bit of sleet and freezing rain. :(

Then they tell us what we need to know like:
Did you know that if you turn your thermostat up only two degrees you can realize a big savings on your electric bill? Yes it's true, and we'll talk about it tonight on the update.

If you saw the presidents speech today, you may be wondering what it was he actually said. Our political correspondent, Lacy Underalls, will be here later on in the broadcast, but first, we'll take you to Ben Dover covering the latest scandel involving a sex for hire scheme in city hall. Film at eleven.

:mad:

[Niteshift]

Evan,

I missed that interview. Now you can see why I want to read this book.

Mike,

I personally stood 10 feet from a CNN reporter while he exaggeratted (read that lied) to the world.