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.

wabcradio.com

 

[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.

 

[wadio]

The intent of the article is to portray New York as a violent city. That's not true.

Crazed Knicks fans plunge NYC into celebration chaos as NBA Finals ecstasy turns violent

New York City was plunged into chaos as thousands of revelers flooded the streets of Midtown after the Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years.

sports.yahoo.com

63 people arrested, 4 stabbings and 1 shooting reported in NYC as Knicks fans go wild celebrating NBA Finals win

The Big Apple erupted in bloody chaos overnight as rowdy mobs celebrating the Knicks’ NBA title trashed NYPD cars and torched FIFA buses in Times Square, leaving 10 cops hurt and 63 people in handc…

nypost.com

 

[TheBigA]

Crazed Knicks fans plunge NYC into celebration chaos as NBA Finals ecstasy turns violent

New York City was plunged into chaos as thousands of revelers flooded the streets of Midtown after the Knicks won their first NBA championship in 53 years.

sports.yahoo.com

Once again, who is the source of that reporting? The NY Post. Are they unbiased and fair? Of course not.

Look at that writing: "Plunged into chaos." Total BS.

Do you really think that fans would not have celebrated if Curtis Sliwa was mayor? Let's be realistic.

It's why we should question the WWNN.

 

[wadio]

Once again, who is the source of that reporting? The NY Post. Are they unbiased and fair? Of course not.

Look at that writing: "Plunged into chaos." Total BS.

No, the source of that article was Yahoo Sports!

(I also included a NY Post article in which headline was less dramatic but stats are more revealing.)

 

[TheBigA]

No, the source of that article was Yahoo Sports!

At the very top of the article is this credit:

Story by


If you click on any links in the story, they take you to the NY Post. So the source is the NY Post. They have a political agenda of "cities in chaos."

The truth is the police did their job. They allowed people to celebrate, and people have a right to celebrate.

If Carolina wins the Stanley Cup tonight, there will be celebrations in Raleigh.

 

[wadio]

OTOH, I don't see any reports of the arrests, stabbings, shooting, busses set on fire, etc. in other media. That's bias by omission.

There are plenty of YouTube and other videos showing it so unfortunately I guess that's the future of unbiased reporting.

 

[TheBigA]

OTOH, I don't see any reports of the arrests, stabbings, shooting, busses set on fire, etc. in other media. That's bias by omission.

Did you look at WNBC TV? It's there but not the top story. If you've ever been to Times Square, you can be one block away (where I used to work) and see absolutely nothing. Any so-called "chaos" is limited to a small area. The press reports say tens of thousands of people were there. So if there were 63 arrests, that's a small percentage.

 

[KilowattKat]

The WABC local news actually had a positive Mandami story...he secured 1,000 FIFA World Cup tickets to be given out in a lottery for only $50 each with free transportation included. Most local news I've heard is the usual crime stuff, FIFA traffic and transit problems, the woman who fell into a manhole, etc. Basically, your everyday local news covered like everyone else.

 

[umfan]

If its not there now, it'll be there at some point when Cats hears something he doesnt like about republicans. This man doesnt do suff just to blow money

Please post when it is there then. Unless and until that happens, I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Especially when this particular venture is designed to market a replacement news update source to multiple radio stations many of which want straight news reporting.

 

[umfan]

Of course. At the same time, there are lots of stories they choose not to cover. Just like everyone else. They're free to make editorial decisions just like other news organizations. If their boss tells them to make the protesters appear more violent, then that's what they do. We can selectively pick stories they do, just like you do with NPR, and show how biased and slanted they are. It doesn't matter. They're allowed to be slanted and biased if that's what they want to be. There are no government rules about that because the government can't pass laws abridging the rights of the press.

Sort of like NPR, right? Not biased, but they just choose not to cover stories that conflict with their biases.

WWNN seems pretty straightforward and striving to provide a quality replacement product to radio. This should be lauded, not derided.

 

[TheBigA]

Sort of like NPR, right? Not biased, but they just choose not to cover stories that conflict with their biases.

You're comparing two different things. WWNN is a 5 minute newscast. NPR is long form news programming.