Media Meltdown and also Media Bias 101

[Tigerbomb13]

Cancelled my Paramount+ a few months ago. Not giving any money to these people. 

[Tigeraholic1]

13 hours ago, mtutiger said:

Taylor Sheridan isn't even sticking around for the long haul lol

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/yellowstone-creator-taylor-sheridan-defies-maga-coded-boss-david-ellison-with-new-deal/

Only reason I pay for Paramount+ is for Taylor's shows, Mayor of Kingstown is the best series since The Wire.

[CMRivdogs]

Murrow and Cronkite weep...

Edited February 27 by CMRivdogs

[oblong]

The 25-54 demo seems outdated to me.  That's putting me and my son in the same group.  Outside of sports he's never watched "regular" TV since his Nickelodean days.

Seems like for CBS Evening News you could change it to 50-54 and get 95% of that 4.4M

 

[CMRivdogs]

5 minutes ago, oblong said:

The 25-54 demo seems outdated to me.  That's putting me and my son in the same group.  Outside of sports he's never watched "regular" TV since his Nickelodean days.

Seems like for CBS Evening News you could change it to 50-54 and get 95% of that 4.4M

 

Probably have to go older than that. Maybe 55 plus??? Also I think the local affiliate lead in, local news cast, plays a big role in this. 

Not a regular network news watcher. I'll check the locals for things like weather, otherwise the TV remains off most late afternoons or early evenings.

Edited February 27 by CMRivdogs

[Motown Bombers]

 

[CMRivdogs]

Cox is the monopoly cable company in my neck of the woods, only real option aside from putting a dish out. They also control internet options, for now. Not expecting the "competition" anywhere near soon for a few more years.

Thanks Donald and the Republican Legislature in Virginia that made this possible 30 plus years ago.

[CMRivdogs]

Whelp...

 

[CMRivdogs]

5 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

Whelp...

 

The CBS, soon to be CNN Capitulation to Trump continues. From Wikipedia

Quote

Weijia Jiang (Chinese: 姜伟嘉; pinyin: Jiāng Wěijiā; born June 6, 1983) is a Chinese-American television journalist and reporter.^[1]She is based in Washington, D.C., and has served as the Senior White House Correspondent for CBS Newssince July 2018.^[2] Jiang's question to President Donald Trump about the COVID-19 testing program in the United States^[3] during a White House press briefing^[4] received global attention and coverage.^[5][6]

https://whca.press/about/officers/#:~:text=Officers%2C 2025-2026,WHCA

Edited March 3 by CMRivdogs

[pfife]

Sounds boring as hell, hard pass

[chasfh]

The closest they will get to roasting that fat orange bastard is when they serve him his duck for dinner.

[Hongbit]

16 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Cox is the monopoly cable company in my neck of the woods, only real option aside from putting a dish out. They also control internet options, for now. Not expecting the "competition" anywhere near soon for a few more years.

Thanks Donald and the Republican Legislature in Virginia that made this possible 30 plus years ago.

Argh, those aren’t your only options.  🏴‍☠️ 

[CMRivdogs]

I have a couple of friends who worked for this organization. 

 

[CMRivdogs]

 

[gehringer_2]

this is not a political press failing, but just a general example of how the people writing for the press are now so ignorant of the topics they write about that they make mistakes that make you question everything they say.

Article in our 'paper of record' the NYT, about BP wanting to put a deep water rig out in the Gulf. The writer gives the depth of water they want to work in as 56,000ft.

"Opponents said the extreme pressure and high temperatures required to operate in waters deeper than 56,000 feet heighten the risk of a blowout that could endanger Gulf communities and the marine ecosystem."

There is no water on the planet anywhere near that deep (Marianas Trench about 36,000). So what are they even talking about? Deepest water in the Gulf is 13,000-15,000, average is about 5300. But how does a guy end up writing tech for the NYT who doesn't have some idea how deep the ocean are? 

We are gonna be doomed by our own descent into ignorance.

Edited 14 hours ago by gehringer_2

[CMRivdogs]

State media demands complete loyalty to the Regime. 

 

[GalagaGuy]

They weren't struck by anything but Dotard admits they had damage.  🤔

[CMRivdogs]

 

[LaceyLou]

3 hours ago, gehringer_2 said:

this is not a political press failing, but just a general example of how the people writing for the press are now so ignorant of the topics they write about that they make mistakes that make you question everything they say.

Article in our 'paper of record' the NYT, about BP wanting to put a deep water rig out in the Gulf. The writer gives the depth of water they want to work in as 56,000ft.

"Opponents said the extreme pressure and high temperatures required to operate in waters deeper than 56,000 feet heighten the risk of a blowout that could endanger Gulf communities and the marine ecosystem."

There is no water on the planet anywhere near that deep (Marianas Trench about 36,000). So what are they even talking about? Deepest water in the Gulf is 13,000-15,000, average is about 5300. But how does a guy end up writing tech for the NYT who doesn't have some idea how deep the ocean are? 

We are gonna be doomed by our own descent into ignorance.

I'm thinking this is not exactly new. When I was school (back in the dark ages) people majoring in the arts/humanities/social sciences, and even business, tended to avoid science and math classes 'like the plague.' And I'd often find mistakes-though not anything as extreme as this example.

Perhaps there were better editors and fact checkers back in the day, who did have some background in the sciences.

[gehringer_2]

1 hour ago, LaceyLou said:

I'm thinking this is not exactly new. When I was school (back in the dark ages) people majoring in the arts/humanities/social sciences, and even business, tended to avoid science and math classes 'like the plague.' And I'd often find mistakes-though not anything as extreme as this example.

Perhaps there were better editors and fact checkers back in the day, who did have some background in the sciences.

A really sharp HS class mate of mine (1500 SAT kind of guy) went to Yale for Chemistry - ended up the science editor at Newsweek/WaPo. I don't imagine that happens too much anymore. Just doesn't pay enough.

[pfife]

I think in addition to the low pay, facts and truth dont make as much money as affirmation so why invest in facts and truth?

[LaceyLou]

23 minutes ago, pfife said:

I think in addition to the low pay, facts and truth dont make as much money as affirmation so why invest in facts and truth?

True. And unfortunately sensationalism sells-especially when a megalomaniac is at the center. 

 

[mtutiger]

4 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

State media demands complete loyalty to the Regime. 

 

He's delusional if he thinks he unpopularity of this war is because of the media coverage

[guy incognito]

3 hours ago, LaceyLou said:

I'm thinking this is not exactly new. When I was school (back in the dark ages) people majoring in the arts/humanities/social sciences, and even business, tended to avoid science and math classes 'like the plague.' And I'd often find mistakes-though not anything as extreme as this example.

 

And too many STEM people are similarly indifferent to if not outright contemptuous of the arts and humanities.

You can see the roots of a lot of our problems in that siloing. On the one hand, well-meaning humanists with no clue as to how things work; on the other, antisocial technocrats with no check on their ambitions.

[guy incognito]

On 3/3/2026 at 8:21 AM, chasfh said:

The closest they will get to roasting that fat orange bastard is when they serve him his duck for dinner.

The one time they actually did roast him he was so butthurt he decided to run for POTUS as revenge.

But, yeah, in general the WHCD has always struck me as one of the rooms in that big club Carlin told us we ain’t in.