Reply #25: Brent [View All]

[5thGenDemocrat]

I've been a journalist of one type or another since seventh grade. I attended j school at Central Michigan University (one of the three best in this state) and worked at the Metro desk of a real daily newspaper for several years. I think I can tell the difference between a good journalist and a shill.
Gwen is a shill. She spins it like a Tastee-Freez cone. She's bad enough on the News Hour, but she's truly horrible hosting "Washington Whores on Review." I expect such corporate whorishness from ABCNNBCBS, but PBS is supposed to be playing it straight (at least that's what the "WWoR" promos say). Michelle Martin was very good and Jim Lehrer is better than average for what you can expect from broadcast TV. But Gwen bites big time.
John
Gwen is just one prominent new face on the (here) Friday Night PBS lineup. So is Tucker Carlson and so is whichever right-wing Republidink they're cutting the second half-hour of NOW for. They join old mossbacks like John McLaughlin and Pat Buchanan. Don't think the PBS news division is the friend of any liberal -- they just patronize us enough to cop our donations four times a year.