Hear Us Now: A Strange Way to Serve the Community


Now Hear This An open and frank discussion of media and telecommunications issues - from the consumer point of view. A Strange Way to Serve the Community Posted by Bob at 04/17/07 02:42 PM Share Email Print WUSA, the CBS affiliate in Washington, has announced it is killing off its weekly political roundtable show, "Eye on Washington." In a Washington Post article, WUSA General Manager Alan Horlick explained the abrupt decision to cancel the show thusly: "'Eye on Washington' is a wonderful program, but its focus is largely national politics, and our mission is really serving the Washington community." Okay. Fair enough. But given that reasoning, wouldn't it be logical for WUSA to serve the Washington community by filling that time slot with some sort of public affairs programming focusing on local issues and/or politics? Apparently not. Instead of running "Eye on Washington" and it's local news broadcast on Saturdays between 7 p.m. and 8 p.m., WUSA will run an hour of "Entertainment Tonight." Comments 1 Posted by Leah Johnson at 04/26/07 06:11 PM This is so sad. The empty gossip of "Entertainment Tonight" replacing the needed information of what decisions the polically powerful are making. The way to kill democracy is to keep the population ignorant. This way to the arena and circuses. Post a Comment (* indicates a required field) Name: Email: URL: *Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style) : « You must enter this security code! Remember Me? Yes No				Like what you see? Sign up to receive updates from NOW HEAR THIS every two weeks. Change your email information or unsubscribe. RECENT POSTS FCC Needs To Call Verizon on its Non-Answers About its Doubling of Early Termination Penalties Comcast/NBC Universal: A Marriage Made in Hell for Consumers Cable Broadband Costs and Charges Just Don't Add Up Verizon Doubling Price for Consumers Who Leave for Better Deals Hollywood Wants to Turn Off Your TV -- Seriously ARCHIVES January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 USEFUL LINKS About the Writers Guidelines to Blogging CU Action Center Sign up for action alerts RSS Feed BLOG ROLL Abused by the News Agonist ArchPundit Article 19 Axis of Logic Azerbic Back Pages Barlow Friendz Bob Stepno's Other Journalism Weblog Body and Soul BoingBoing Broadcasting and Cable BCBeat Bull Moose Buzz Machine BuzzFlash Center for Creative Voices in Media Clipmonkey Columbia Journalism Review Crooks and Liars Cursor Daily Doubter Daily Howler Daily Kos Dave Barry's Blog DC Media Girl Deadline Pundit Digital Destiny DIYMedia DrewClark Editor and Publisher Editors Weblog Eyeteeth Fair First Draft FishbowlDC Guerilla News Network I Want Media Indy Media Center Instapundit IWTNews Lessig Blog Liberal Oasis Lost Remote Lying Media Bastards Media Citizen Media Geek Media is a Plural Media Nation Media Rights Media Transparency MiniMedia Guy Morning Meeting New Media Musings NewPages News Dissector News Hounds Norman Solomon Off the Kuff Pandagon Political Animal PressThink RConversation Reclaim the Media Romenesko Sascha Meinrath Skookum Stay Free Talking Points Memo Tapped Telecommunications Consulting The Burnt Orange Report The Gadflyer The Huffington Post The Next Hurrah Think Progress TV Tattle TVBarn TVNewser Unsigned Podcast We Want the Airwaves Wirecan Travis Wired in Washington