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Since I can remember comedians have always talked about politics. I've still considered them comedians.

One of the things I wish Jon Stewart hadn't done was perfect that motte-and-bailey where he'd talk about how important his show is to the discourse and indeed have serious interviews on the show but then retreat to "it's just a comedy show on a comedy channel" under any criticism.


He and Colbert leaving got us President Trump. Loved both shows. They were still comedians but they kinda did news too and that should have been okay.



Perfect! News when they want to be, comedy when they want to hide.


Not really. You and I like to bullshit but they doesn't take anything away from our serious thoughts. They're human. I thought Colbert was primarily comedy but I thought Jon Stewart was a funnier version of Bill Maher.


There are a lot of people who see them as news though.

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I thought Bill Maher was a less funny Tim Russert.

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I don't mind the message. I do think that it should have been an editorial read by preferably the corporate chairman, or at least the station manager. I am old enough to remember when all the local news channels here ran editorials. Mary Laney used to do Channel 5's, and I think at one point Andy Shaw might have read the ones for Channel 7.
When local anchors read editorials, it should be their opinion, not their manager's opinion.


And some of us are old enough to remember Len O'Connor.

Editorials are good, but they shouldn't be read by anchors. Budgets carved out editorial partners years ago.

I only remember old slightly senile Channel 9 Len, not the sharper Channel 5 version.

Also, all editorials should be read in the voice of Andy Rooney.

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Curious Hair wrote:
Nas wrote:
Since I can remember comedians have always talked about politics. I've still considered them comedians.

One of the things I wish Jon Stewart hadn't done was perfect that motte-and-bailey where he'd talk about how important his show is to the discourse and indeed have serious interviews on the show but then retreat to "it's just a comedy show on a comedy channel" under any criticism.


This plus a bunch.

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How is this different than the apple and the banana? It's political because the people who are whining about it don't like Sinclair. If Stetler or Todd read the same statement they'd be cheering. Don't @ me, Baby.

The above is factually true.

Personally, I don't care what Sinclair is doing as the rest of the mainstream media is decidedly biased one way so it simply doesn't bother me if another segment of the media wishes to be biased the other way. Both sides are full of shit and completely unreliable when it comes to reporting the truth. There is a reason I've more or less turned to BBC World for my TV news.

You kid, right. BBC is farther left than CNN. I watch when overseas when I have no FNC and only other option is CNN. Or RT which is actually saner than BBC. And lots more fun. Why, RT has Larry King and Ed Schultz and the great Sophie (as of one year ago).
BBC is Gawd awful. Neo Marxist prattle.
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Sinclair stations were going to run an interview the idiotic Plandemic video's creators during the local news of channels that it owns with helpful graphics like "Did Dr. Fauci Create COVID-19?" but they decided to "rework" it so I'm sure it'll be fine now.
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Sinclair stations were going to run an interview the idiotic Plandemic video's creators during the local news of channels that it owns with helpful graphics like "Did Dr. Fauci Create COVID-19?" but they decided to "rework" it so I'm sure it'll be fine now.


The guy who set up our Cubs game outing last night was so pissed about Marquee. “They are owned by Sinclair, which is just like Fox News.” I was like, I don’t even care, I just want to watch baseball.

I am sick of left and right injecting itself into what should just be entertainment and information sources.

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The guy who set up our Cubs game outing last night was so pissed about Marquee. “They are owned by Sinclair, which is just like Fox News.” I was like, I don’t even care, I just want to watch baseball.

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