"The Barbara Walters News Center"

[Avid Listener]

If someone can't tell the difference between being married to someone and simply "sleeping around", it's going to be impossible to actually discuss anything of significance with them on the area of inappropriate behavior for a journalist.

 

[TheBigA]

If someone can't tell the difference between being married to someone and simply "sleeping around", it's going to be impossible to actually discuss anything of significance with them on the area of inappropriate behavior for a journalist.

She wasn't "sleeping around."

 

[FredLeonard]

Maria Shriver was married to the Governor of California. But she didn't report on anything related to that.

No, in Maria's case, she married Ah-nold because the family wanted to breed a bullet-proof Kennedy.

Of course, what the suits think is more important that what the audience thinks. This is the mind-set that killed the industry.

 

[TheBigA]

Of course, what the suits think is more important that what the audience thinks. This is the mind-set that killed the industry.

So you're now speaking for the entire audience?

 

[FRR]

I don't believe in silly questions, FRR. Questions like "what is your favorite color" may not sound or seem important to you, but it may be important to reporters or interviewers pursuing substantial and relevant information.

You must be joking!

 

[Mario500]

^No, since the reporter or interviewer may use a "follow-up" question afterwards and get more information.

 

[Unregistered]

True. If someone says their favorite color is gray, it begs the question of which one of perhaps 50 shades they might prefer. ;-)

 

[Avid Listener]

She wasn't "sleeping around."

Proof?

 

[TheBigA]

Proof?

Oh come on!

No one has proven that she was "sleeping with sources." That's the issue here.

 

[Sammy Reed]

The entire previous page, and all of this one so far, has been taken up with conversation having nothing to do with the original topic.
One rule of thumb of message boards should be: This ain't YouTube.
This, I guess, is the kind of stuff I think people talk about that turned them off to Radio-Info / Discussions to find some other board. I'd like to keep the people we have here now. So folks, if you're out there, please remember: It ain't always like this.

 

[Avid Listener]

The entire previous page, and all of this one so far, has been taken up with conversation having nothing to do with the original topic.
One rule of thumb of message boards should be: This ain't YouTube.
This, I guess, is the kind of stuff I think people talk about that turned them off to Radio-Info / Discussions to find some other board. I'd like to keep the people we have here now. So folks, if you're out there, please remember: It ain't always like this.

The launch post of the thread is simply, "In conjunction with her leaving 'The View', ABC is renaming its New York news center in her honor. A rarity in that she's still alive." How can the worthiness or appropriateness of honoring Barbara Walters by naming a news center for her not be relevant to a discussion of "The Barbara Walters News Center"? Instead of whining about how you don't like what has been said in this thread about the topic, why not actually post something yourself about "The Barbara Walters News Center" that you think is an appropriate comment? It's easy to kvetch about what other people have posted, but if you have nothing better to offer, why whine?

You want to know what really turns people off about most discussion forums? No posts at all. A few whiners might complain about posts that they don't like, but if there are no posts at all, why would anyone even bother to log in?

 

[johnnya2k6]

Meanwhile (back on topic), NBC News' new West Coast bureau at Universal will be named the (Tom) Brokaw News Center (named after the longtime face of NBC News of course).