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Michael S. Pauley, Author

Whatever Happened to the News?

9/5/2014

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In light of my last posting about information, I thought I would share something with you.  I had a friend the other night tell me that if Chet Huntley or David Brinkley were still around to watch the news, then they would be more than highly disgusted.  I had to agree, since I can recall from my youth a time when you got the news without commentary.  (Remember the days before Cronkite started his antics?  Yeah, I’m that old.)  The interesting thing about this phenomenon is that the pundits reel you in with things as simple as an inflection in their voice.  You know we’ve all heard some pundit/anchor on a news network use the expression, “THEY SAAIIID.......”  Which naturally makes it sound like the Report/Anchor/Pundit isn’t buying it, but this is their story, so we’re bound to report it.  

    What ever happened to just telling me what happened during the day without some putz adding a spin?  Now we have a Nancy Grace or a Greta or worse yet, a Bill O’Reilly or his anthesis, Chris Matthews, spinning so hard that it hurts my eyes/ears just to watch them.  (Yeah, even in the no spin zone, that guy spins like a top cutting off anyone that might even remotely disagree with him!)  Bloviating Bill, as we call him, and leg shaking Chris, have convinced me that you could probably get more useful real time information from the Home Shopping Network.  On that topic, in my humble opinion, Bill and Chris are just opposites sides of the same coin, a plugged nickel.

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it yet again here.  At night, when I have time to listen to the news, please stop trying to entertain me, or in most cases, nauseate me.  Give me the news, the simple “what the hell happened today” kind of news, not an out of context snippet that is designed to upset me, influence me, or otherwise brainwash me.  While we are on the subject, these “Media Watch” type shows are equally annoying.  While the concept might be sound, what you get instead is another pundit telling us about the bias of other pundits, by showing us clips that clearly show the bias being carried out at the other news network.  Really??  Why not hire a hooker to teach celibacy to a group of monkeys at the zoo.  It makes about as much sense! ~ Michael S. Pauley   

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    Michael S. Pauley is a Navy brat and an old soldier who served in all three components of the United States Army. Living in Lexington, South Carolina, Michael is now a practicing attorney and member of the United States Naval Institute and the American Legion, Post 154, Tybee Island, Georgia.

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