The MSM here have again demonstrated their BS with the Tsunami on the West Coast. Reports of the

[still_one]

first waves have "slammed" into San Francisco or LA only goes to demonstrate they don't care for facts, but exaggeration, and misrepresentation. Not too much different from their reporting of Representative Gifford, or there lack of coverage of what is going on in Wisconsin.

Of course what is happening in Japan is where the actual tragedy and horror is, and the journalists reporting there are from international sources. Much different reporting, not the yellow journalism that we have to experience daily

The uproar from certain elements of our media when Hillary contrasted Al Jezzera with our reporting was right on

[blondeatlast]

1. It's vile--and the biggest threat to democracy we have.

I'm old enough to remember (barely) Walter Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, and Howard K. Smith and Harry reasoner--all of whom reported more solid, factual news in a half-hour than the prettified puppets at CNN report in a 24/7 week.

[still_one]

2. Cronkite was highly critical of the direction of the media here before he died /nt

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Back then, they may have delivered "dry" news, but it was reliable.

[State the Obvious]

14. They reported facts...NOT opinions.

Usually their factual material needed 3 sources to support the information. If they did give opinions....it was in a separate "Opinions" segment.

The danger we are experiencing now, is that many people think that the unsubstantiated news/opinions (morphing of news AND opinion) is the way it has ALWAYs been. It is not.

A somewhat easy solution is....when you hear (person to person) disturbing news.....ask the person, "What are your sources (plural) of information?" My guess is, if they are Fox News viewers, they won't know what you are talking about.:crazy:

[HCE SuiGeneris]

13. It makes my skin crawl realizing how far down the rabbit hole we've been stuffed.

"The stupid" gets promoted with almost every utterance by the puppets of the corporate "news channels".

[SteppingRazor]

3. Oh, I dunno that all the reporting in Japan is foreign, or even that the foreign is best.

The AP's been doing great work there practically from the moment of the quake, and even CNN's been pretty solid.

I completely agree with you, though, that breathless reports about the potential for tsunami damage along the West Coast are sensationalistic. And in that sense, you're absolutely right -- sensationalism is the currency of American media.

[still_one]

4. Maybe not, and maybe I AM overstating it, but I agree it is the sensationalism that was bothering me

Not so much with is happening in Japan, but here

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. Well it is uspposed to be slaming my coast about now

no sirens no reverse 9.11, hell the EOC didn't even go on alert last night.

[SteppingRazor]

15. As I said in my post...

I'm not defending sensationalistic reporting in this country, just pointing out that good work is being done by American press in Japan.

[JBoy]

5. Watch for palm trees in Fox News' Alaska tsunami footage.

[Dappleganger]

12. *snort*

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[LiberalEsto]

7. It's a huge gift to the corporate media

There's nothing like a cataclysmic event someplace else,for them to use as a distraction from the evil goings-on in Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and other states.

Sickening, but it's the bitter truth.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Well we have had quakes on one side of the world

generation damaging waves on the other side of the world. Most of the time they lose steam, as they lose energy

[catabryna]

9. I don't have pay-tv, but the local coverage here in Oregon...

is also over-the-top. Great way to get Wisconsin off the news... oh wait, there was no coverage. Alright, great way to get rid of the Sheen... yeah, that's it. :crazy:

The tragedy is in Japan; on that, I would think we can all agree.

[niyad]

11. I turned on cnn a few minutes ago, and the "breaking news" crawl talked about the tsunami just then

hitting hawaii--which was interesting, since I had been watching the coverage on the weather channel two hours earlier when the waves started coming in.

of course, the fact that they kept showing a beach in hawaii, while talking about the devastation in japan was annoying.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

16. K

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