Yes. I see them at the gym but never tune into the audio. The news/commentary channels are only interesting in a morbid way.

Clicking the link reminded me again why I don't watch TV news. Below the video was a promo for the "powerhouse roundtable." With the exception of Atkisson, the members were obviously intellectual lightweights and empty suits. I can name at least twenty members of the Gulch who have more to say, and would say it much better. These people are puppet purveyors of party propaganda, and they are so, so...ordinary. And they make tons of money.

Even the the President of West Wing didn't see the need to do that ;)
I can't make myself watch House of Cards. Maybe the President has done it on there.

I don't think I can picture Ike or Reagan doing that.

I should have used the word 'respect' instead of 'faith.'

I remember Nixon's funeral more than the liberal media witchhunt of Watergate.
Nixon's funeral was the first time that I noticed how obviously all the networks were telling the identical story of a "news" event with not an iota of original creative reporting or analysis. Straying from the approved tale ceased.
(Admittedly I had lost faith in network news almost exactly a year earlier.)

Investigative journalism in the mainstream is dead.
Not cynicism, fact.
That panel was packed with empty headed looters and Sharyl was the token this time, there only to "prove" their balanced reporting,

I remember when Clinton was on the Tonight Show and thinking- the leader of the free world is hamming on TV. What does that say to the rest of the world. Of course Putin runs around with his shirt off. If you feel the need to use your fame for entertainment purposes, you probably shouldn't be President. they are not supposed to be votes of popularity, but votes of confidence. I'm probably old fashioned in this regard

Yeah, but can you imagine Nixon and John Stewart or The View. Now there's a picture.

Good point!

Sharyl Atkisson was quite cynical and correct, but actually she understated what it would be like now.

It's not all about entertainment. Perhaps even more than the entertainment value, it is about getting their political candidates elected and their agendas pushed through.

There are still a limited number of reporters that have the guts to do their job. The true purpose of the media was to be a watchdog over the government. Now it is all about entertainment.

I love when people say what should be said no matter how out numbered they are.