Saturday, May 30, 2015

Losing innarest in ABC.

I might have to give up the ABC Nightly News. I like David Muir, despite his pathetic diction. And I like how they promote "Made in America". But, after switching around, I can see that NBC is much more professional, and CBS is far more mature in its choice of stories. I have long been annoyed at both David Muir and Diane Sawyer for their maddening habit of dropping t's right and left and turning two-syllable words into three syllables: gambelling, sparkelling, whisselling, hundreds of others. But there are other reasons to switch. We know ABC is owned by Disney, which explains the endless movie promotions and the deluge of stories regarding Frozen and other Disney releases.  But lately they seem to be on a religious and patriotic kick. As an atheist and non-jingoist, I find this intolerable. All references to American Sniper refer to him as American hero, though many would disagree. Several of their tornado-coverage stories suggest that God was watching over those who survived. And last night their "touching" newsworthy story was of a soldier teaching his son "The Pledge of Allegiance" which almost brought tears to Muir's eyes. The news hasn't been the news for a long time. But now ABC News seems more like Entertainment Tonight with its movie plugs and celebrity interviews—or as David Muir would say innaviews.

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