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Thoughts On the Evening News

To those who soak up the slanted slop from Fox
Isn’t it time you switched off your black box,
Or, changed to a channel espousing the facts--
All the things your "balanced TV News” surely lacks
I challenge you to listen to Maddow for a week
You’ll get some valuable information you seek,
Not slanted, but grounded in solid research
Straight from a foundation grounded in truth.
[Fox’s martini has entirely too much vermouth!]
Me, I prefer the Evening News with Lester Holt
Giving me a look at what happened today, 
Letting me make up my mind on what I think
Not a bunch of talking heads leading me to drink. 
CNN I don’t watch so much, I’m delighted to say
I like my evening news cut-and-dried every day,
I don’t particular like their “expert’s” opinions
I am perfectly competent to decide what I think.
How I long for the days of Huntley and Brinkley,
Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and their kind
Who knew I can intelligently make up my mind.

written December 4, 2021

Copyright © L Milton Hankins | Year Posted 2021

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Delice Arleen Skelly Date: 12/6/2021 7:43:00 AM I am hoping we will one day hear good news....,, everything seems so dire..Delice Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 12/6/2021 8:38:00 AM That's so true, Delice. I just hope that someday folks will be able to listen to any channel and hear the truth about what happened in this or that situation.

Mark Koplin Date: 12/5/2021 8:46:00 AM I remember when news was news. Now it seems to be all about ratings and fiction. We need to clone Walter Cronkite. Cheers! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 12/5/2021 8:49:00 AM So true, Mark. I am insulted when I listen to a speech and then have four "talking heads" tell me what was said and then three more to tell me what "they" think about it. Yes, bring back Cronkite!

Caren Krutsinger Date: 12/5/2021 1:37:00 AM Integrity is gone. "How I long for the days of Huntley and Brinkley, Edward R. Murrow, Walter Cronkite, and their kind" They used to check their facts; I miss them too! Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 12/5/2021 8:50:00 AM Yep...we need more straight-shooters in the news rooms. And take away the insulting "talking heads" who are trying to shape opinion. Tell me what happened, and I'll decide what I think about it, period.

Eve Roper Date: 12/4/2021 9:39:00 PM Quote from; James Patterson,” Deadly Cross”. Chapter 13 page 47. Nana Mama said, “This is what’s wrong these days. No one knows what’s true or not. Anything that gets thrown up there on the internet, people take as fact and gospel truth. No wonder the country’s in the state it’s in. Everyone’s hating on everyone, and nothing gets done because no one can agree on basic reality, even if you put the evidence right in from of their noses.” ....... That is why I don't watch the news.. Well said, Milt. Login to Reply L Milton Hankins Date: 12/5/2021 8:51:00 AM I couldn't agree more, Eve. Patterson is right on-target, too. We need the facts, then we can intelligently make up our own minds about what's going on. I'm the sworn enemy of the "talking heads!"