The three stooges of network news.

[Wayne L.]

You have to be the biggest idiot on ther planet if you believe the news anchors from the three major networks on television like Dan Rather, Peter Jennings & Tom Brokaw during their nightly newscasts, because these three stooges of network news don't have a clue about anything they're reporting except putting their little spin on the subject matter which is ridiculous, the old stooge who came before these three clowns Walter Cronkite is the biggest joke of all time with a self importance of himself & his legecy which is nauseating to say the least but the days of Rather, Jennings & Brokaw are numbered anyway!!!

[Viking]

Listen - Shit, Sniff, & Flush-uh, Dan Rather, Peter Jennings & Tom Brokaw wore out their welcome about five minutes before they started all of their on-air verbal masturbating when Klinton got elected.

[Alex Mogilny]

During the 2000 election when CBS called Florida and the election for Bush, Rather had a big scowl on his face. Later they broke in and said Gore had won Florida and Rather had a grin on his face from ear to ear.

[Viking]

They're all transparent phonies who did a criminal disservice to the American public with decades of their so-called 'objectivity'. Then along comes the Internet and Fox News, and the leftist establishment media hurls bricks through the windows over it. Makes my dick hard every time I hear the sound of glass breaking. :D

[FORD]

Originally posted by Viking
They're all transparent phonies who did a criminal disservice to the American public with decades of their so-called 'objectivity'. Then along comes the Internet and Fox News, and the leftist establishment media hurls bricks through the windows over it. Makes my dick hard every time I hear the sound of glass breaking. :D

And yet you bash our President, Al Gore, who invented that Internet . Shame on you :mad:

[Viking]

See? See? Look at what Al Gore did to you! Aren't you glad we 'stole' the election before he actually he did some real damage? :D

[FORD]

Originally posted by Alex Mogilny
During the 2000 election when CBS called Florida and the election for Bush, Rather had a big scowl on his face. Later they broke in and said Gore had won Florida and Rather had a grin on his face from ear to ear.

CBS wasn't the first to call Florida for Junior. FAUX News employee (and Bush cousin) John Ellis was.

[Alex Mogilny]

I didn't say that. I said WHEN CBS called FL.....

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by FORD
And yet you bash our President, Al Gore, who invented that Internet .

FORD just told a double lie. :gulp:

[FORD]

Originally posted by BigBadBrian
FORD just told a double lie. :gulp:

The actual "lie" here is that Gore claimed to have invented the Internet. Reality is that he never made such a claim.

He is, however, the legally elected President of the United States.

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by FORD
The actual "lie" here is that Gore claimed to have invented the Internet. Reality is that he never made such a claim.



Yeah.. we know idiot...

What Gore really did say was equally as stupid...

[Dr. Love]

Originally posted by FORD
He is, however, the legally elected President of the United States.

Negative.

[FORD]

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[Cathedral]

ROTMFFLMMFAO......Al Gore is our President?....ROTMFFLMMFAO...
I'm telling you, that joke never goes out of style and I laugh like a mother fucker every time i see it in a post.

There is a name for your condition....It's called DENIAL............

America would have been hit a few times by Terrorist Attacks at the cost of many more thousand lives since 9-11-01 if that asswipe were in office.

But as for being on topic, viewers are ignorant to believe half of what is reported on their idiot box. Journalistic Integrity was chucked out the window many years ago and it ain't coming back any time soon.

[Cathedral]

Oh, and i forgot my typical response..........

Wayne, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

That is all...........

[Dr. Love]

Originally posted by FORD
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FORD, you know how the system goes. You're just grabbing whatever stats you can to support your opinion.

If it had gone down the other way, you'd be the electoral college's best friend.

[lucky wilbury]

i hate to break the news ot you ford but nbc called florida first for.....gore!

http://www.sptimes.com/News/110800/Election2000/Too_close_to_call_in_.shtml

Too close to call in Florida but TV did -- regretfully
By ERIC DEGGANS

© St. Petersburg Times, published November 8, 2000

It was supposed to be the moment of truth -- at least, for those of us watching election returns on TV in Florida.

Nearly an hour after polls closed in the state Tuesday night, TV outlets locally and nationwide -- led by NBC News -- predicted Vice President Al Gore would win Florida's 25 electoral votes over rival George W. Bush.

It was a prediction they would come to regret, as broadcasters recanted projections of a Gore victory two hours later, citing "suspect data" from some Florida precincts.

It was a vivid illustration of just how close the presidential race would play out on television.

"We know less than we knew three hours ago," said analyst Darryl Paulson, a professor at the University of South Florida, speaking on Fox affiliate WTVT-Ch. 13 just after 10 p.m. Tuesday. "The world's been turned upside down again."

"We're going to end this night the way we started -- looking at Florida," said Face the Nation host Bob Schieffer, speaking during CBS' election coverage.

As one of the closest presidential elections in recent history played out on air, viewers likely were drowning in all the information available Tuesday night -- with live reports available on the four major TV networks, seven 24-hour cable news channels, both area PBS stations and online.

The currency of the moment: exit polling and projection figures, allowing early prediction of who would take important electoral races through out the night.

NBC and cable channel MSNBC emerged as the most aggressive in presenting poll projections, often crediting wins in various states before other channels, scratching out electoral projections in red pen on a small, white tablet.

"It's as unpredictable now as it was two weeks ago," crowed NBC Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press host Tim Russert early on. "We still don't know who is going to be the next president."

CBS was adamant about holding back on electoral projections, with anchor Dan Rather regularly repeating the network's attitude that "we would rather be last than be wrong. If we've said somebody carried a state, you can pretty much book it. . . . It's true."

Rather, buoyed by high-profile help from 60 Minutes correspondents Ed Bradley, Leslie Stahl and Mike Wallace, wound up admitting hours later that CBS and the other networks did get it wrong, undercutting a previously colorful observation that Bush's lead was "shakier than cafeteria jello."

ABC news anchor Peter Jennings had trouble getting it straight that Gore was projected to win Florida early on. (He wasn't alone; NBC anchor Tom Brokaw also initially said that Bill McCollum had won Florida's open U.S. Senate seat before quickly correcting himself).

Locally, both cable news channel Bay News 9 and CBS affiliate WTSP-Ch. 10 used exit-polling figures to shed greater light on local voting trends -- with WTSP noting, for instance, that Florida's projected U.S. Senate winner, Bill Nelson, received more of the black vote than rival Willie Logan, who is black.

Area ABC affiliate WFTS-Ch. 28 and Bay News 9 also read commentary from viewers posted on their Web sites, noting the evolution of public opinion as the result rolled out.

Most of the networks and cable news channels kept running totals of the electoral count based on their projections -- numbers that sometimes varied significantly across outlets, depending on how aggressively they were interpreting figures.

Online, several Web sites leaked early reports on exit poll information, with Inside.com predicting Gore victories in Florida and Michigan (among other states) by 4 p.m.

Though the changing information made reliable forecasts difficult, some TV journalists relished the close race, anyway.

"This is Christmas Eve for us political junkies," MSNBC's Chris Matthews said before any polls closed. "It certainly beats the Oscars. It beats the World Series."

[lucky wilbury]

and while i'm busting internet myths for everyone it was a fox news station that broke the gwb dui in 2000. just thought i bust that one while i was at it.

[Cathedral]

That is a very good point, Lucky....

A Network that wasn't Fair and Balanced wouldn't have done that...would they?
No, they would have added a ton of speculation about it being worse than reported until someone climbed their ass and they ended up retracting their statements bringing it back down to reality....