NBC and ABC both did wonderful work covering this story, and I congratulate and thank them. Cable “news” has a very small, but loud, shrill and often emotionally unbalanced following which sometimes detracts from the well-established fact that it is to broadcast news that most Americans turn for breaking stories and for the most impartial coverage presently available in America.

Again, many thanks NBC and ABC.

We the American people thank Robert for his ” information” and unbiased “facts” , however unreliable , strange and partisan they may be .

Yes indeed, thanks to the State Run media outlets for having more details and advanced notice than the rest of the world. Not surprising. GE, they bring good things to life!

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
NBC and ABC both did wonderful work covering this story, and I congratulate and thank them. Cable “news” has a very small, but loud, shrill and often emotionally unbalanced following which sometimes detracts from the well-established fact that it is to broadcast news that most Americans turn for breaking stories and for the most impartial coverage presently available in America. Again, many thanks NBC and ABC.

I usually agree with King but this time I have to add that more and more Americans are taking to social media – in my case Twitter – even when I am also watching a breaking news story. I check to see what is trending and (after I get the latest Bieber updates) I can usually get to the heart of just about any big story while also getting a myriad of different opinions on same. Something all newspeople can learn is that 140 characters is plenty to get the basic facts out.

THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
NBC and ABC both did wonderful work covering this story, and I congratulate and thank them. Cable “news” has a very small, but loud, shrill and often emotionally unbalanced following which sometimes detracts from the well-established fact that it is to broadcast news that most Americans turn for breaking stories and for the most impartial coverage presently available in America.

Again, many thanks NBC and ABC.

I couldn’t possibly have typed that with a straight finger.

Barack Must Go said:
I couldn’t possibly have typed that with a straight finger.

You couldn’t have …….. I was laughing so hard I screwed up.

I wish web viewing would somehow be factored in when they determine ratings. I’m 22 and I don’t have cable, but I watch MSNBC online everyday, and I know most of my friends go there for news footage. The people who watch MSNBC are a younger demographic than those who watch FOX, and if they’re like me they generally watch a lot of tv on their computers rather than on a traditional television. IMSNBC’s ratings would probably be a lot more competitive with FOX if online viewing was taken into account.

jjay7381 said:
I wish web viewing would somehow be factored in when they determine ratings. I’m 22 and I don’t have cable, but I watch MSNBC online everyday, and I know most of my friends go there for news footage. The people who watch MSNBC are a younger demographic than those who watch FOX, and if they’re like me they generally watch a lot of tv on their computers rather than on a traditional television. IMSNBC’s ratings would probably be a lot more competitive with FOX if online viewing was taken into account.

You may have a point.
Once you mature to that point where all that preaching your parents did starts to make sense to you…
Maybe you will understand why adults tune in to FOX.
Maybe you will begin to understand that experience means something.
Not saying FOX is THE NEWS TO WATCH, only that your horizons would be better served by a variety of Us and Them.
Just saying.

screwauger said:
adults tune in to FOX.

YOU TURN TO FOX BECAUSE YOU ENJOY THE FORCE FEEDING OF BULLSHIT! DOES NOT TAKE A SO CALLED “ADULT” TO FIGURE IT OUT ! BUT THEN AGAIN ITS EASY TO SEE YOUR PARENTS TAUGHT YOU TO FOLLOW IDIOTS BLINDLY AND NOT THINK FOR YOURSELF!

screwauger said:
You may have a point.
Once you mature to that point where all that preaching your parents did starts to make sense to you…
Maybe you will understand why adults tune in to FOX.
Maybe you will begin to understand that experience means something.
Not saying FOX is THE NEWS TO WATCH, only that your horizons would be better served by a variety of Us and Them.
Just saying.

If by adults, you mean people over 55 then yeah, FOX is the go-to channel. Then again, older people are also the ones who statistically fall for scams more often too. Are you actually trying to imply that old age somehow implies greater ability to comprehend facts and analysis? There are just as many idiot 60 year olds are there are idiot 20 year olds. They just show it differently. I get plenty of viewpoint variety in the news I take in. I check Drudge just as often as I check CNN and HuffPost, but I won’t go near FOX. Their reporting is entirely emotion-based rather than fact-based and I want nothing to do with it.

jjay7381 said:
and HuffPost, but I won’t go near FOX. Their reporting is entirely emotion-based rather than fact-based and I want nothing to do with it.

LOL. Nope no emotion at the old HuffPo

Frontline has a very good special right now on the Taliban/OBL/Al-Qaeda.