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Anecdote #1,473 on how horrible TV "news" is
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:38 pm
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:38 pm
So I’m watching TV this morning and the local station (KTTV) breaks in to show a protest in Downtown Los Angeles. The protesters are immigrants who are protesting Trump’s DACA decision. They had set up roadblocks at the busy intersection of Wilshire and Veterans and traffic was backed up in all four directions. The cops were there, but during the broadcast two fire trucks, with sirens and lights on, had to be re-routed. Anyway, the narrative from both the reporter and the banner at the bottom of the TV screen was that the protesters were protesting and the motorists were angry. So finally the reporter goes to interview one of the “angry” motorists. It was an approximately 70 year old white guy, sitting patiently in his car with his elderly wife at this side. The reporter asks him if he is angry and he says, very calmly, “Look, I understand protests. And I’m sympathetic to their cause. But I have to get my wife to a doctor’s appointment and these protesters won’t let us through. They’re messing with people’s lives.”
With that the reporter goes to do her wrap up and throw it back to the anchors. Right behind her, literally one car over from the elderly white guy, is a Hispanic male motorist who has gotten out of his car and is shouting obscenities at the protestors. He is making threatening gestures to them while shouting the F word repeatedly. I know the reporter saw and heard him because she even apologized for his language. But do they interview the Hispanic guy and show how angry he is? No, because the narrative is: Hispanics are being treated unfairly and white people are racists.
I know, csb.
tl;dr version: TV “news” is nothing more than propaganda.
With that the reporter goes to do her wrap up and throw it back to the anchors. Right behind her, literally one car over from the elderly white guy, is a Hispanic male motorist who has gotten out of his car and is shouting obscenities at the protestors. He is making threatening gestures to them while shouting the F word repeatedly. I know the reporter saw and heard him because she even apologized for his language. But do they interview the Hispanic guy and show how angry he is? No, because the narrative is: Hispanics are being treated unfairly and white people are racists.
I know, csb.
tl;dr version: TV “news” is nothing more than propaganda.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 1:40 pm
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:41 pm to L.A.
Right. If a news report ism't done exactly the way you would have done it (why don't you apply for a job as a journalist if you're so smart?), it must be part of some bias or conspiracy.
Face it, sometimes reporters win and sometimes they lose with the "men on the street" reports. It doesn't mean anything nefarious is going on.
Face it, sometimes reporters win and sometimes they lose with the "men on the street" reports. It doesn't mean anything nefarious is going on.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:41 pm to L.A.
TV News has been propaganda for decades. It's all part of the machine. Big business is tied to media which is tied to politics which shape policy which leads to bigger business ad infinitum.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:47 pm to Eurocat
quote:Her whole set-up was about how angry motorists were. So why pick the white guy sitting calmly in his car to show how angry motorists were when literally one car over is a Hispanic man who had gotten out of his car and was screaming obscenities at the protesters?
Face it, sometimes reporters win and sometimes they lose with the "men on the street" reports. It doesn't mean anything nefarious is going on.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:51 pm to L.A.
quote:
With that the reporter goes to do her wrap up and throw it back to the anchors. Right behind her, literally one car over from the elderly white guy, is a Hispanic male motorist who has gotten out of his car and is shouting obscenities at the protestors. He is making threatening gestures to them while shouting the F word repeatedly. I know the reporter saw and heard him because she even apologized for his language.
quote:So as she goes to FINISH her news cast, which I assume is under some time constraints, a Hispanic male unexpectedly begins to show obscenities at random people, because he is presumably angry. And reporter had to apologize repeatedly for someone else's behavior.
But do they interview the Hispanic guy and show how angry he is? No, because the narrative is: Hispanics are being treated unfairly and white people are racists.
And you not only expected them to interview a person displaying exteme emotional volatility, your conclusion is that they didn't to support some narrative? It couldn't have been because they ran out of time, and/or they had safety concerns with approaching an emotionally volatile unknown person?
And this narrative they were supporting is that Hispanics are treated unfairly and whites are racist, even though the Hispanic was the won who was shouting obscenities and making threatening gestures. How in the world does that make him look like a victim, especially since the reporter had to apologize because HIS obscenities are technically not allowed to be on network television?
From your description, the Hispanic sounds potentially dangerous, and shouldn't have been interviewed because of that--basically the exact opposite of a victim.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 1:56 pm
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:57 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:It wasn't the end of the broadcast. It went on for at least another 30 minutes.
And you not only expected them to interview a person displaying exteme emotional volatility, your conclusion is that they didn't to support some narrative? It couldn't have been because they ran out of time, and/or they had safety concerns with approaching an emotionally volatile unknown person?
And as for the Hispanic male, she didn't have to interview him to make her point. She could have just directed her cameraman to point the camera at him.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 1:58 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:
And this narrative they were supporting is that Hispanics are treated unfairly and whites are racist, even though the Hispanic was the won who was shouting obscenities and making threatening gestures. How in the world does that make him look like a victim, especially since the reporter had to apologize because HIS obscenities are technically not allowed to be on network television?
holy shite.
with actual evidence you find some way to shill for the lying shills.
it's like you want to believe them so baddly.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:00 pm to Eurocat
Seriously frick you
He laid it out perfectly
Media people lie by omission as much as anything
He laid it out perfectly
Media people lie by omission as much as anything
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:13 pm to L.A.
quote:But it was the end of her segment, right? I've always assumed that they have the broadcast schedule and time allotments pretty well planned out ahead of time. Obviously if something happens that can change that, but it doesn't sound like that falls in one of those "don't cut away" instances.
It wasn't the end of the broadcast. It went on for at least another 30 minutes.
quote:You just described his behavior, so couldn't you already see it? And if he's already responsible for things that aren't allowed to be on TV, you think the network should focus in on him and potentially show more of that?
And as for the Hispanic male, she didn't have to interview him to make her point. She could have just directed her cameraman to point the camera at him.
But even if they should have, can't it just be that the reporter just didn't think to do it in an unexpected and uncomfortable moment? And why does the Monday Morning QBing have to be taken to a whole new level, and now only should she have done something different, she did intentionally to support a narrative, and the narrative was definitely to make him look like a victim?
If she was able to take an unexpected moment, and opportunistically turn it into a specific narrative so effectively and discreetly, her skills are way more valuable than to be working local news, let alone a reporter covering protests. She should probably at least use those skills to get herself a better gig.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:15 pm to L.A.
Sounds like she might have been afraid to approach the angry Hispanic man. That's not deceitful. It's racist.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:20 pm to CptBengal
quote:Actually evidence? I'm sorry that I don't believe a local news reporter, who had to cover local protests, is able to take an sudden and unexpected situation, and turn it into some nefarious subliminal messaging supporting a very specific narrative.
with actual evidence you find some way to shill for the lying shills.
If she can do that, then we better hope the prog filth don't figure this out, because she makes Goebbels seem like an amateur. If they get a hold of her, I would actually be legitimately terrified of what may come.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:23 pm to L.A.
quote:
tl;dr version: TV “news” is nothing more than propaganda.
Didn’t you try to pass off some weak arse Facebook meme from a fake Trey Gowdy page yesterday?
Propaganda works on you, at least.
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 10/5/17 at 2:32 pm to L.A.
And too think someone in the stickied thread actually doesn't GET that the media is the left, the media is an extension of the democratic party.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 3:44 pm to Old Hellen Yeller
Hi Rex. How is the weather in Richmond? Turn cold yet?
Posted on 10/5/17 at 4:02 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:They were looking for angry. There was angry staring them in the face. They averted their gaze.
shouldn't have been interviewed
Posted on 10/5/17 at 4:13 pm to L.A.
quote:That is unbelievable.
The protesters are immigrants who are protesting Trump’s DACA decision.
Trump tweeted:
quote:
Donald J. Trump?
@realDonaldTrump
Does anybody really want to throw out good, educated and accomplished young people who have jobs, some serving in the military? Really!.....
3:28 AM - 14 Sep 2017
quote:Trump's position, and rationale for kicking this to Congress is crystal clear.
Donald J. Trump?
@realDonaldTrump
...They have been in our country for many years through no fault of their own - brought in by parents at young age. Plus BIG border security
3:35 AM - 14 Sep 2017
Do these protestors not understand English?
Oh . . . wait . . .
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 4:14 pm
Posted on 10/5/17 at 4:21 pm to buckeye_vol
quote:she doesn't do that on her own... She agrees with the boss's plans to do so, hence why she has that job
Actually evidence? I'm sorry that I don't believe a local news reporter, who had to cover local protests, is able to take an sudden and unexpected situation, and turn it into some nefarious subliminal messaging supporting a very specific narrative.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 4:29 pm to Mindenfan
Exactly. Legal Hispanics angry with illegal hispanics is not a narrative they want to pursue
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