Broken News

I so agree with this article. Watch PBS or C-Span. On C-Span you get gavel to gavel coverage and no pontificating talking heads!! The limited commentary on PBS includes historical facts and comparisons to previous conventions/candidates, etc. Other than Keith Olbermann, I can't kill off my brain cells watching pundits and talking heads with more mouth than brains!! What a shame too for cable could have so much to offer . . .

This is exactly what I said on my blog yeaterday. The talking heads are making up controversies and ignoring the actual convention. I am at this moment watching Chris Matthews trying very hard to exploit his conspiracy theory of a huge rift between Clinton supporters and Obama. If, yeaterday, I had not been stuck on an airplane and only had CNN available I would have been watching cspan, the only honest coverage on tv. I did get to watch the convention in the saved footage offered in cspan. I think the talking heads need to move aside and let the public see the actual convention. I do enjoy Maddow and Olberman but they too should take a break and lock Matthews in a closet. Even the right wing tools on yuor staff have been more fair than Chris.

This is exactly what I said on my blog yeaterday. The talking heads are making up controversies and ignoring the actual convention. I am at this moment watching Chris Matthews trying very hard to exploit his conspiracy theory of a huge rift between Clinton supporters and Obama. If, yeaterday, I had not been stuck on an airplane and only had CNN available I would have been watching cspan, the only honest coverage on tv. I did get to watch the convention in the saved footage offered in cspan. I think the talking heads need to move aside and let the public see the actual convention. I do enjoy Maddow and Olberman but they too should take a break and lock Matthews in a closet. Even the right wing tools on yuor staff have been more fair than Chris.

The Republican-Owned-Controled puppet theater ... parading as "news" , proved once again they are not aiming to inform the American people in an impartial manner. They are higly paid cheerleaders for the McCain camp (Keith Olberman excepted!). How else can you explain the negative spin on Joe Biden that started as soon as the 3.00 a.m. text messages went out? (McCain had his "base" the media prepared!). How else do we explain the blatant censorship of the Democratic Convention.? I watch CSpan for uninterupted coverage ... I need unfiltered Bush/McCain bashing!!! Our media has been hijacked along with the rest of our democracy.

I agree with much or your article. I just wrote an email to about half of CNN about their woeful coverage... and then switched to PBS.

Thanks for noticing - the media outlets are becoming so boring - it is cheap for them to get these fool talking heads to give us their same ol opinions - I am fed-up with Buchanan, Scarborough, Wolf Blitzer even Anderson Cooper and those sour-faced women - Mrs Greenspan, Ms Borger etc etc.
You are out of our lives - I don't watch them anymore - NPR, CSPAN,PBS - BBC - UK Telegraph, Gaurdian -
bring em on.are all so much better.

Thanks for noticing. We the American People deserve better - these media outlets are making themselves more and more irrelevant. These talking heads are going to put these media companies out of business - can't wait for that to happen.

People should stop looking at these cable corporate MSM channels and turn to C-SPAn. They will get full coverage and have an opportunity to think for themselves.

i think this whole election has been guided by pundits and i only have one thing to say to my fellow americans....shut off the talking heads, check up on facts and vote with some common sense. another 4 - 8 years of george w bush is a mistake we cannot repeat with mccain.
obama 08!!!

Newsweek is the most biased Liberal magazine and site I have ever seen-I am a Democrat who has never voted Republican since 1960-don't condemn Fox when you are just as bad the opposite way--fair and balance is in neither of your repertoires--I have been a Newsweek subscriber and reader for years but you are now way out on the left wing!

As someone who has watched Mrs. Obama speak on -camera on several occasions over the past year, this writers comment "The speech looked like it had been rehearsed down to the last hand-flutter" is part of the "coded" pundit speak problem. ANY one capable of using the internet or watching a TV would know that this ISN"T THE FIRST TIME SHE HAS GIVEN THIS KIND OF SPEECH BEFORE. But since Newsweek is part of the "fair and balanced" MSM , I am not suprised that NEWSWEEK is as out of touch as the rest of these overpaid blowhard cretins that have unlimited access to a public soapbox. I'm sure that Mrs. McCain with her wonderful background in drugs and adultery is more in line with your view of "what's good in America".

I don't have cable tv, so I was only able to watch the convention via the internet. CNN's video streaming had almost no commentary by any newscasters.

It was incredibly refreshing, and covered every single speech without any blabber in my ears.

Once again, very glad I don't have cable.

Amen! I will be watching the rest of the convention on CSPAN. I wanted to hear Obama's sister. Unfortunately, I was flipping back and forth between CNN and MSNBC who did not show it, while CSPAN and PBS were showing her speech.

Since there seem to be so many stories about Obama, and posts with links to his statements; well here are a few for John McCain:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4DrL8-UA4U&feature=bz302

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEtZlR3zp4c&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwTKM_u-7j4&feature=related (i especially like the last 20 seconds of this one)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6pu5nf8dAU&feature=related (very enlightened view on illegal immigration and the American worker.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioy90nF2anI (Straight Talk)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0Nm260SzCw (And his views on his front runner for the VP slot)

Straight Talk Express #1!!!!!!!!

I was totally disgusted with BIll Mawr's comments about religion and Mormonism last night during the Democratic National Convention. Although I am not a Mormon myself, I certainly do not support bashing other faiths. We need more tolerance in this society and fewer pundits and comedians who smugly criticize people of faith. He belongs on HBO and people can read his book on religion if they like, but please re-consider having him as a commentator, as he has no business making such comments about religion in the guise of a commentator. Kudos to Chris Matthews for countering BIll Mawr's comments.

Absolutely correct. Such drivel. Get Cronkite back. At least he thought about what he said and didn't simply parrot the talking points of either the Republicans or Democrats. Such useless discussion. Why should we watch the pundits when they seem as bored as I was watching their pontificating.

I agree. I will be watching the rest of the convention on PBS. Less talking heads, more actual coverage of the speakers