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Edited on Thu Sep-07-06 08:21 PM by hlthe2b
report on the Peacock Station (NBC), but quickly converted to Peter Jennings when he took over the ABC broadcast. So, while, I would see Cronkite as well on occasion, ABC became a strong tradition for news in my home growing up-- at least by the time I was old enough to notice. I then became an appreciative regular viewer of Koppel on Nightline. Now, when Bush* and their fascist policies took over, those programs, like the rest of MSM news suffered credibiity lapses, but still had moments of strength and honor. Even today, Brian Ross of ABC (lately of breaking the Pakistan "peace treaty" with Osama story) is the real deal--a true investigative reporter.
But, given that network news on all three stations is now a byproduct of their entertainment divisions, one can no longer separate the two. The only show I'm likely to miss is "LOST" (heaven knows why, but I became hooked), but as of the airing of this tripe on Sunday, ABC will be deleted from my channels. This is probably more painful for the local affiliates and their news broadcasts if many do likewise, but there has to be a land in the sand, sometime... Boycotting Disney is quite easy for my household. ABC is slightly more difficult because there are hard working honorable people--both at the network and local affiliate that are likely to be hurt. I am sorry for them... very sorry. But, I don't think we have a choice.
As John Aravosis (AmericaBlog) so succinctly said today... "you'll have to excuse me... I have to go kill a mouse.." (!)
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