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wadio

I listened to WINS for an hour this morning and was surprised to not hear the snarky delivery that's become a hallmark of CBS News these days. Then about 40 minutes into the hour they played a liner with words to the effect of, "All The News Without the Bias." I hope this is a trend and I wonder if it was encouraged by WGN's new "unbiased" TV news venture.

Later in the hour, the anchor couldn't help herself as she giggled through a story about a guy who broke into a car dealership, stole a Land Rover and crashed it a block away - not very appealing to those of us who don't find the destruction of property funny. But WINS attempting to check bias at the door is definitely a step in the right direction. As Bernard Goldberg used to point out, bias can be delivered in very subtle ways.
 
wadio said:
I listened to WINS for an hour this morning and was surprised to not hear the snarky delivery that's become a hallmark of CBS News these days.
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It's been two and a half years that WINS has not been a CBS station. In fact, it is two and and a half years since there has been any CBS radio station.
 
wadio said:
WINS attempting to check bias at the door is definitely a step in the right direction.
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What they're saying is they're presenting information without commentary. That's easy for them. It's what they've done for over 50 years. Here's what's happening now. Paul Harvey's show was presented as "News & Comment." He was telling you in advance he will comment on the news. Gabriel Heatter did the same thing. "Ah yes, there's good news tonight!" On the other hand, if you provide news without comment, it's closer to unbiased news. Of course if the source of your news lies, and you present those lies as news, is that unbiased reporting or biased news?
 
I had one news director tell me a good journalist presents the facts until they no longer are, then the journalist presents that as well.
 
Kind of hard to be biased when the station has been known to simply report the headlines... y'know, what they've done for 55 years.
 
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