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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:47 AM
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John Gibson: it's the viewers fault for the misreporting of the miners...

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fnc/speed_before_accuracy_blame_viewers_30399.asp

Speed Before Accuracy: Blame Viewers

"Let me tell you why you went to bed thinking the miners were alive and woke up to find them dead," FNC's John Gibson said on Wednesday's Big Story.

"You want your news in raw feeds, fast as they come, uninterrupted by pesky news people actually checking things out. I know this because I do a live feed show. You want the live feeds so much you actually prefer three or four feeds on the screen at once."

He concludes: "Live is suspense. It is real. It is the definition of news. But it can fool you. So be careful."

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Spinzonner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:49 AM
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1. Apparently we made them do it
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:51 AM
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2. such as compassionate person...
:puke:
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MnFats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:51 AM
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3. who is this guy? as a newsie myself..
...I say 'F••• Y••.'
yes, you want news fast. there is something called competition.
there is also something called 'accuracy.'
it's a simple concept:
You don't report rumors; you work your ass off to get accurate informaton from good sources or your own eyes and ears before you report word one.
Broadcast news sucks.. It's like "Network" come to life.
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:52 AM
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5. one of the worst over @ FAUX
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librechik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:10 PM
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15. nobody asked me if I prefer the new "4 feeds on screen" lightshow
Edited on Thu Jan-05-06 12:14 PM by librechik
extravaganza that SUDDENLY APPEARED after 9/11 on all the nets (when it HAD NOT BEEN THERE before)

And I prefer accuracy to screaming, blinking fireworky LIES
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Norquist Nemesis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:51 AM
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4. Personally, I'd rather have raw feeds than the bullshit of FAUX! n/t
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:53 AM
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6. is he also blaming the families of the miners too? Afterall they thought
they were alive as well. Gibson is an asshole.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:54 AM
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7. there's one word missing from the equation: "unconfirmed"
live feeds have been around for a long time, John...but reporters used to acknowledge, "There are unconfirmed reports that...".

In your quest to titillate your viewers faster than other programming, you apparently decided that word was expendable.
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chelsea0011 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:03 PM
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11. When Anderson Cooper first heard they were all alive and then
dead, it was from family members or people who were in the church at the time. When he heard they were dead, his comment was "who old you this"? My first thought was where were the reporters from CNN? How come Cooper was getting info from people and not the crew? Shouldn't the CNN crew have people reporting close to the information being released? From the 2000 election to now this, the media has been asleep at the wheel.
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gratuitous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 11:57 AM
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8. Can someone please commit Mr. Gibson to an institution?
The man is clearly insane.
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:00 PM
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9. KO really gave it to him the other night
And, all I have to say to Gibson is :wtf:
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:02 PM
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10. Anyone who relies on Faux for news is a fool.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:06 PM
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12. Yes. We believe our lying eyes.
:eyes:

he reminds me of that rabbit from the 'Life in hell' strip.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:28 PM
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16. Har har! Ya mean the one eared rabbit?
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:31 PM
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17. Yep. The teeth are a dead giveaway.
:-)
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:08 PM
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13. Miners fault for being in the mine at the wrong time anyway.
The MSM will try to blame the company, but any right thinking Murcan knows that you shouldn't go into a mine just before it is going to explode.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:08 PM
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14. Yes, it is the viewers fault because after all, he has no ethics
or professionalism.
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bunkerbuster1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:32 PM
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18. Five in the noggin! War on Christmas!
I'm paid to be a flaming asshole! thank you!

love,
John Gibson
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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:33 PM
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19. Nice to see that Gibson is back from the front lines of the war on
Christmas to impart more of his wonderful pearls of wisdom.:puke:
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drmom Donating Member (450 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:35 PM
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20. No...I think most thinking people would want a cautious news source
I know that a news station that was careful in confirming news stories, so that they were extremely reliable would be my first choice. Even if they didn't report the news first, I would rather get it right.
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Ariana Celeste Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:32 PM
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24. Key word: thinking
All of us and a decent number of others like cautious reporting with facts. A larger number of others won't watch the news unless it's entertaining as well. Otherwise they just don't have the attention span to wait for facts.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 12:36 PM
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21. KO is right. Gibson needs to resign--and not work in
journalism again.
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orwell Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:28 PM
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22. More "Personal Responsibility"...
...from the "party" at Fux.
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xxqqqzme Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:31 PM
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23. then learn the meaning of and start using
one word 'UNCONFIRMED'. That keeps it clean.
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SpaceCatMeetsMars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:35 PM
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25. I think "Cotton-Candy-Hair" Gibson and O'Reilly are now at war
with each other to see who can be the most offensive and stupid loudmouth.

They might have some jealousies over who got the most attention from the "Great War on Christmas."
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cookiebird Donating Member (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:41 PM
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26. Isn't it Clinton's Fault????
Please, :sarcasm:
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-05-06 01:47 PM
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27. What a fine example of personal accountability.
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