CBS not having Sun. news programs so they can show golfing

[donsu]

speaks volumes

[larrysh]

1. It's all about the $$$$'s

and news doesn't pay.....

[MissWaverly]

2. they pulled the same thing during the world soccer cup

this is weaning us away from news

[Nutmegger]

3. delete

[Warpy]

5. Considering the tabloid fluff and lying by omission

that is parading as "news" these days, that's a GOOD thing.

[MissWaverly]

16. not it sn't , it takes attention away from the current crisis

watch the birdie!

[Telly Savalas]

23. Good. People should be reading newspapers critically

not passively injesting news programming on TV.

[MissWaverly]

34. well, we bloggers do both

The televised news can have power that the printed journals do not, in that they can critique
the news, remember Walter Cronkite calling it a day on the Vietnam War. I think we need more
objectivity in the televised news but I am nervous about this desire to pre-empt the news
especially leading into the midterms.

[Telly Savalas]

35. The op-ed pages critique the news

and do it with much more frequency and depth than anything on TV.

If I turn on my TV on a Sunday morning and see Ronaldinho, my life is much more enriched than if I see some dopey pundit reciting the talking points for the week.

[MissWaverly]

37. agreed but

the fact that the media has been forced to carry water for Bush is sad but what we need is
reform not elimination, I think that once the Democrats win in November, things will shift,
the Dems will win, the GOP can bang the war drum all it pleases, we have now been carrying
the costly, largely ineffective war for 5 years. The Americans do not want an endless
military engagement in the Middle East any more than it did want the Vietnam War to continue.

[Nutmegger]

4. Wouldn't expect anything less from the leader of the MSM. [nt]

[Benhurst]

6. What else would you expect from the Couric Broadcasting System? NT

:rofl:

[rocktivity]

7. It's not their fault that the UK is five hours ahead of the US

If not them, it would have been another national network. Of course there are more important things to worry about, especially this particular Sunday, but...Hey, Sergio Garcia shot SEVEN UNDER today!

:eyes:
rocknatiom

[TomInTib]

8. It is a business, not a public service.

Try looking at it rationally.

And most of us watch those shows just so we can raise hell about the 'heads, anyway. I cannot think of a single thing I have ever really learned (as news) from one of those.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. The problem is these "businesses" used to take

public services like news much more seriously.
It's understandable but it's still sad.

[TomInTib]

18. Agreed. We were just having this conversation yesterday.

I have a very good friend who got into the news business 50 years ago and stayed until about 7 years ago, working at all levels including his own Network shows.
We hang around every morning on a shady little deck on our Main Street, busily solving the problems of the World.
His take on the de-evolution of the news business is really great.

Do you know that the Lockheed L-1011 became known as the TriStar because Tom Brokaw cannot pronounce the letter "L"?
I learned that yesterday.

[MissWaverly]

17. I don't understand why we can't have a choice

have a remote with a computer chip, gives us the option of watching news vs another mindless
summer filler like reality vs pie eating beauty queens. And for those who worship the sports
god, why can't these things replace vapid summer evening programming if they are so important
like Monday night football. That way you could cut your grass and do your thing and still have
time to watch your sports.

[TomInTib]

24. I have one of those.

It's called a TIVO.

And I wouldn't watch a Golf Tournament if Beverly DAngelo wanted to watch it with me - naked.

on edit: Well, maybe.

[MissWaverly]

25. You are funny

but what I mean is a choice not just when but what, I obiviously cannot record This Week if
it's been taken off for the World Cup, it's like dominos, every Sunday it seems the
Sunday talk shows are supplanted by sports BUT I notice that the "fundy" programming continues
unchallenged.

[TomInTib]

28. I guess we will just have to wait 'til Friday.

When georgie has the American Idol winner and ten runners-up over to the White House (I am not making this up).

I fully agree with everything you say, MW.

[MissWaverly]

32. yes, I heard about this

Another photo op moment coming up. Thanks, it's nice to know someone else feels the way I
do.

[EFerrari]

9. If it's a choice between RW propaganda and golf,

I want golf.

[Champion Jack]

10. Or watching paint dry

[jonnyblitz]

20. golf is better than the necons cheerleading the ME slaughter.

we can get our news sources outside the "iron curtain".

[earthside]

12. Good.

That's 30 minutes of pro-Bush, pro-war, pro-kill-Lebanese propaganda no one will hear.

[donsu]

13. good point

nt

[TahitiNut]

14. Wrong.

While various local affiliates may time-shift (or even drop) the program, even to the wee morning hours, this Sunday's edition is as planned.

July 23, 2006


Face the Nation



Hosted by
CBS Evening News Anchor
Bob Schieffer




Topic:

Crisis In The Middle East


Guests:


Daniel Ayalon
Israeli Ambassador to the United States


Dr. Imad Moustapha
Syrian Ambassador to the United States


Douglas Ignatius
The Washington Post

[donsu]

15. I heard this on c-span - maybe it was NBC - it wasn't ABC

nt

[TahitiNut]

31. I see the Sunday AM talks shows for NBC and CBS on our local schedule

... but see ABC broadcasting the British Open in that time slot.

Next Week on 'This Week'
Join George when 'This Week' returns on Sunday, July 30, as he goes on the road for an exclusive interview with 7-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, racing through Iowa to raise cancer awareness.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/

[MissWaverly]

26. does this mean I can access it on the web

it's not shown locally?

[TahitiNut]

29. I would only assume so. (I'm sure not a CBSer.)

:shrug:

[MissWaverly]

30. Well, I will give it a try

I have dial up which is too slow to download, however I can access live streaming and listen
that way.

[Kingofalldems]

19. You must mean ABC

The British Open is this week and ABC is broadcasting it right now. Been on since 9 am today.

[karlrschneider]

21. ABC here too, we have 1 tv tuned to it.

...

[donsu]

27. not today - SUNDAY

nt

[karlrschneider]

39. OHHH....my bad, sorry.

:silly:

[Joe Fields]

22. I'd rather watch golf, if all the news shows have Republicans as guests.

[MissWaverly]

33. yes, but if the news is slanted

how do we get the truth out, those who support the Israeli efforts should be grilled, when
Arabic Tv is showing carbonized bodies of children and asking what killed them -
was it banned weapons (banned by treaty with the UN) and if the US is supplying those weapons; we had better come up to the plate now.

[Joe Fields]

40. You're not going to get what you want from CBS

They're better at showing golf matches.

[DireStrike]

36. Sports pre-empts EVERYTHING. I'm surprised it wasn't on during 9/11

people gotta see their teams :eyes: :puke:

Could you imagine if other tv programs got as much special treatment as sports does? tv would be a mess. I mean, more than it already is. At least you can tell what's on, and when... unless a sports event was scheduled to occur sometime in the hours beforehand...

[MissWaverly]

38. I realize Sports is a big business

and pays the cost of expensive programming, the major stations must be strapped for advertisers
since the big car companies are on the ropes. I understand that, but give us a choice like
watching the news shows from our computers.

[blitzen]

41. hey, it's the freakin' Open, fer chrissakes

if they weren't showing, i'd be really pissed