By: Mark Glennon*
The top listed story on the “News” section at NBC5 Chicago’s site right now is headlined, Even During a Security Briefing, SNL’s Trump Would Rather Be Tweeting. The same story is in their “Entertainment” section. What’s the difference if you want to conflate the two?
According to the story (not the sketch but the story), “a theory that has taken hold” that the sketch is accurate — that Trump tweets to “distract the media from his business conflicts — and all the scary people in his cabinet.” No discussion of support is offered for that, of course, just the sketch.
Much of the public gets its news mostly from comedy shows, particularly young people, polls have shown. That’s scary enough, but media like this are all too happy to abuse that fault by injecting their viewpoint into news, entertainment, or whatever this is supposed to be, all while they bitch about “fake news.”
Memo to NBC5: A theory that really has taken hold is that much of the news media has disqualified itself.
*Mark Glennon is founder of WirePoints. Opinions expressed are his own.
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
I used to watch NBC when CarolMarine was there, but I can’t stand to turn it on any more . Half of their ads are promoting their own shows They treat Sat Night Live like it is a documentary, and they quote MSNBC stories all the time. They might as well bring back the ultimate fraud and liar, Lyin’ Brian Williams.