WABC launches "Worldwide News Network"

[TheBigA]

Some of the articles are from ABC7, NPR and BBC. I give them credit.

What all the critics, including Cats, ignore is that the mayor has very little power to do any of those things. He can't change tax laws himself. They would need to be approved by the city council, and not all of the council members agree with all of the mayor's views. It's doubtful that WWNN will report on any positive things about the city, because it wouldn't reflect the views of its owner.

For example, WABC radio is focusing on the negative aspects of the celebration that followed the NY Knicks winning Game 4. The lead story is 56 arrested, and 10 policemen injured. That's an example of how Cats uses his radio station to spin any news about NY in a negative way.

Knicks Celebration Leads To 56 Detentions, 10 NYPD Injuries | 77 WABC

After the Knicks' Game 4 comeback, NYPD said 56 people were taken into custody and 10 officers were injured near Madison Square Garden.

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[Gregg.]

It's doubtful that WWNN will report on any positive things about the city, because it wouldn't reflect the views of its owner.

For example, WABC radio is focusing on the negative aspects of the celebration that followed the NY Knicks winning Game 4. The lead story is 56 arrested, and 10 policemen injured. That's an example of how Cats uses his radio station to spin any news about NY in a negative way.

I think we have to be careful to differentiate between "WABC News" and "Worldwide News Network." Does bias creep into WABC news? Yes. A couple of the newscasters who do local news tip their reports to the right. WABC must have an arrangement with Brian Kilmeade that when his syndicated show goes on at 10 a.m., he has prerecorded a conservative newscast before his national show starts. But that's just on WABC 770 in New York.

That's not WNN. I have listened to quite a few national WNN newscasts and they are right down the middle. I'm pretty sure VP of News Lee Harris was given assurances that Cats will not interfere with that product. With former CBS newscasters doing many of the shifts, and the world and national correspondents from NewsNation used by WNN, I have not heard anything to complain about.

It's a similar story in Houston for iHeart's KTRH. That station's morning newscaster is as biased as Sean Hannity or Mark Levin. All local AM newscasts cheer Republicans and put down Democrats. Yet when ABC News Radio airs on KTRH, it is unbiased.

 

[wadio]

I think the article is well balanced. Winning game is nothing out of the ordinary (and it's sports news) but what happened after the game is headline news.

 

[TheBigA]

I think the article is well balanced. Winning game is nothing out of the ordinary (and it's sports news) but what happened after the game is headline news.

The intent of the article is to portray New York as a violent city. That's not true. There were over 10,000 people at the watch party. Only a small number of arrests. Similar parties happen everywhere with very similar results. There were arrests and injuries when San Antonio beat Oklahoma City. There were arrests and injuries when Michigan won the national championship. It's been 50 years since the Knicks won the NBA championship. So winning anything is out of the ordinary for them.

 

[TheBigA]

I think we have to be careful to differentiate between "WABC News" and "Worldwide News Network."

You can see what's happened to CBS News under the control of Bari Weiss.

Weiss sent an email to his boss asking for changes to the episode. “Two of the things in the email include, can we make the protesters look more violent? And the other thing, Renee Good’s car. You need to describe her as driving toward the officer.”

Inserting that kind of bias doesn't have to be political. There was a view by news consultants that crime stories generate better ratings than happy stories. That led to the approach: "If it bleeds, it leads" in local news coverage. In any case, it's manipulating the facts in order to get results.