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Post by X factor on Sept 29, 2013 8:27:43 GMT -5
With the ever increasing politically toxic nature of main stream news/commentary shows, I find PBS and their local subsidiaries like Wjct programing to be a wonderful alternative where you can watch in depth news coverage and documentaries without the usual electoral spin. Constant 24 hour a day politics will rot your soul, literaly, it will turn your disposition in that of an ugly goblin. I have never seen politics turn anyone into a better or nicer person, instead I've seen politics turn even formally reasonable people into grouchy, judgmental, argumentive hateful goblins. And there's no peace in that, no internal peace. Viewing the world, others, through a constant lense of ratings driven talk shows, radio shows, who's host get paid to cater to peoples worst sides, will turn consumers of such media into goblins. And since I recently got cable viewing, I've watched a few PBS or Wjct programing on variety of stories and have been delighted. Like on history, or shows on nature, it's like going to the Zoo without having to leave the couch. Now partisan goblins will swear up and down that PBS has a 'slant', and that their this or that, and I to was under that impression for a while, but they don't, at least not in their neutral programing that deals with Documentaries, or history or in depth coverage of events world wide that have nothing to do with electoral politics. Now NPR or National Public Radio, I have noticed a Palestinian leaning bias that some of their journalist have. You can tell they have a bias in how they frame certain events, and by the type of questions they ask of those being interviewed...they definitely have a Palestinian and slight anti Jewish bias. But as far as PBS TV programming I haven't seen that yet....and I'm the type that if I do I'll write about it. Life is short and I'm not obligated to spend all my free media time fighting debates for politicians who don't even know I exist, accept on voting day. Let them fight their own battles. I'm just glad PBS gives non partisan people, or people when they're not in a partisan mood, a place to watch shows that are kind of a kick back to days gone by before todays high ratings driven tabloid news commentary took over the landscape. If PBS ever went away how tragic that would be, then all you'd have is 24 hour a day hate radio and TV type news, where commentators are paid to work people into a rage, a rage towards each other and elected leaders. Where all they want to do is turn everyone into ugly, unreasonable political junkies. Thank goodness for PBS.
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Post by X factor on Aug 29, 2014 13:20:52 GMT -5
A Doctor or guest or both, did something on NPR that made me turn the radio off.Today on show, they were doing documentary on a patient who had some disease, but their disease couldn't be diagnosed...so the patient that they were getting better, were sounding optimistic while on air. This is why I can't stand fatalistic DoctorsThen the host, female host, was like 'It was obvious to the Doctor that _____ didn't know they had fatal disease, so Doctor made hard choice and decided to tell them.. And this is when I got so digusted that I turned the channel...I could tell what they were doing, 'those types'...what they do and how they power trip from the 'fear' they put in others, it's a power trip, a sick one that's hard to describe. The patient thought they were doing well, getting better, and didn't know that whatever disease they had is normally fatal over time, as such Doctors role in their life as comforter was diminished, sick minded Doctor didn't like that, wanted patient to 'need them', not just physically, but also emotionally. So dark minded Doctor while on air and in collaboration with NPR decide to basically tell cheerful patient 'Hey wait a minute, why are you so happy and laughing, you're not fitting the narrative of our show which is about fatal diseases, so we're going to burst that joy bubble in you and basically tell you you're doooooomed..(do you have this on mic Jessica?)'Sorry, but revealing to patient, who was getting better and laughing, that their aligment is fatal, was done purely out of Evil motives. Healing often times occurs in the mind, if one thinks they're getting better, or will get better, often times they will, and what did this Doctor on NPR do...they tried to steal even the last little joy patient had, simply for what? I know the type, they're sick, and it's worse when they have advanced medical degrees and love playing with peoples emotions. I will create a separate thread if I have to, on these type of sick individuals in the medical field. Also I'll try to discover exact name of show that aired this poor patient where wicked doctor got upset that they actually were feeling better. More to follow...
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Post by X factor on Aug 29, 2014 13:38:11 GMT -5
Also you can often tell the color of a Doctors soul depending on what kind of words they use.
If a Doctor uses words like 'fatal', 'dismal', low probability', stay away from them, go some where else.
Also when others try to describe back to you what they think your reaction was to something and use sentences as follow, stay away from them.
Examples:
'Oh I bet when you found you had ______ you must of been scared and horrified'
'Right now I know you're feeling confused and lost'
'You must have been devastated by the news'
Basically when others in medical field try to suggest to you, how you're reaction was to something, and always suggest you reacted in the most fearful manner...run away from such types.
Cause they are sadists, who derive a sick pleasure out of watching others torment from issues beyond their control.
Run from such m/f's...
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Post by X factor on May 22, 2015 18:45:02 GMT -5
Why I sometimes like, prefer, PBS news hour over other ratings driven pop news showsAdmittedly PBS news broadcasts can be 'boring'...but to me, in a way, that's a good thing. In this current age of 'shock jock news' I actually find it refreshing at times to tune into PBS news hour and kind of get the news delivered to me the way I remember it as a mild. Simple and without ugly partisan opinions from commentators. Sadly most have come to think that commentators are reporters or news anchors, when they certainly are not, not even close. Commentators are people with blatant partisan opinions who are paid to inject their political bias into current news of the day. They are paid to rile their audience, tap into audiences fears, tap into audiences biases, hate, and myths about others in order to garner ratings. Sorry, but that is not news. And sadly many think that unless reporter or anchor attacks their perceived political opponent 24/7 that they're 'bias' in favor of the one that particular viewer doesn't like. Wrong and false. Never mix or confuse raw reporting with ratings driven partisan commentary, they're totally different. PBS news hour is more in line with classic news broadcasting, where they cover story, and let you, the viewer, decide how to interpit story to fit your own reality. And I appreciate that, cause frankly I'm getting sick of Fox News style of reporting where all their news anchors always have to inject own personal opinions into every story, and 99% of it is 'I hate the President' type commentary. Just gets old after a while, but hate sells, controversy sells, and Fox has mastered that. I don't get MSNBS so can't comment on that network. To me, PBS news hour is not political, they just cover stories, people, without injecting their own personal views and simply let you the viewer decide on your own what it means to you.
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Post by X factor on Nov 30, 2016 19:35:32 GMT -5
PBS I know people may laugh, but where I get my best information now is from PBS...why? Cause they interview the 'opposition', they interview, and allow to speak on show all view points. Why? Cause their reporters actually still do deep reporting, rather than just opinionated stuff, like Fox, CNN ect. I don't need anyone telling me how to think, what to think, and although PBS may be 'left' (according to partisan types), at least to me their commentators don't try to tell me how to think. All I need is information...I can do the rest on my own. And contrary to right wing popular belief, PBS is not some propaganda machine...they actually go places, other nations, interview people, create reports, that allow you the listener or viewer the chance to think. To think without having some partisan hack type screaming at you and telling you 'how to think' or fall on any given issue. I don't care if you don't believe me...all I know is PBS, their old fashion style of reporting, is actually refreshing in todays partisan bias news room environment. On PBS I can still learn about Bears, without having Bill O'Reilly scream at me and tell me how rotten I am for still caring about nature...
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Post by X factor on Dec 23, 2016 15:22:07 GMT -5
Diane Rehm show ends on NPR after 37 years of being on airYes, I'll admit I'm a geeky type who some how got lured into Diane Rehms shows by accident long ago. It was 'her pace' that got me, I remember while driving once, flipping dials, hearing the usual screaming, angry mean sounding male talk radio hosts, and openly proud to be politically bias also, then by accident heard 'Dian Rehm's' show. Unlike Hannity, Rush, Savage, Levin ect, her show was very 'mellow' and orderly and calm. On Dian's show, guest were actually allowed to speak, without getting cut off by angry host and spoken over. And likewise callers to the show were allowed to actually finish point they wanted to make without having angry host call them names and cut them off or shame them for having view they did. The Diane Rehm show was just many lights and bars above commercial talk radio shows, it was for the thinking. And mind you I'm a patriotic Trump voter, supporter, but none the less appreciated Diane's show. And will miss her show, and hope new host keeps the pace intelligent and 'slow' and fair. Above all else Diane Rehm was 'fair'. Talk radio hosts on A.M., and I guess now FM radio are not fair, all they do is yell into mic while repeating same political rhetoric over and over and over again, I call it 'low class radio'. But sadly 'low class radio' has taken over the commercial airwaves. Anyways Diane, you'll be missed, even here in the zone you'll be missed, take care.
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Post by X factor on Feb 20, 2017 18:19:55 GMT -5
PBS, and all their affiliates, is some of the last places you can actually get in depth, non partisan news coverage or biographies, or other informational stuff unrelated to the whole partisan politics circusI know many on the political right have been brainwashed or conditioned to 'hate' or 'despise' PBS and it's affiliates, but I have not, cause I'm fiercely independent and rational. First, yes of course, some at PBS, some of their correspondents, when doing interviews, or broadcasts, or round tables, do have political biases, but please remember that's a very small part of the whole PBS Universe. When I tune into PBS, it's to escape the wild circular pop culture 'right vs left' commercialized fiasco. When I tune into PBS, it's usually while their airing a story about other cultures, or biographies of famous historical people, or doing story about animals, nature and more. I mainly tune into PBS for it's non political broadcast or radio. And I can honestly say they're one of the last few remaining broadcast agencies that still actually have real live reporters that go out into the field, do actual live research, conduct actual live interviews with people. And I so appreciate that. I don't need angry 'right wing' or 'left wing' commentators on Fox, or MSNBC constantly telling me what to think about others. All I need is 'information'. And people who tune into PBS enjoy information, we can do the rest with that information on our own. PBS gets a bad rap on the right that I feel is unfair. PBS and it's affiliates, automatically seen as 'the enemy' by many on the right, which to me is a blind and unfair indictment. I'm no one's propaganda slave, I like seeing for myself what another is about, or this or that group, I do my own investigating to shift through the propaganda on my own, and so wish more on both the right and left would do the same, instead of constantly being lead around emotionally by talking heads. If PBS goes away, nothing really left to listen to in the media other than bought, sold and paid for political propagandaI'm a Trump voter and supporter, but still independent enough to see the value in Public Broadcast System. They still have class, like the days of old, their reporters are still dispatched to far corners of the nation and planet, to bring us interesting news and events, that other commercial news rooms stopped doing 10 years ago. When's the last time CNN or Fox actually sent reporters out to cover real news event? (other than riots) They don't, all they do is create panels full of opinions...sorry, but that's not news, that's 'Entertainment Tonight'. I'm not a wild 'Leftist' or political liberal (artistically can be, but not ethically). And I'll continue to fight for the right of PBS to exist, cause we need that fresh air, that vent, those stories, biographies, science journals that give us an escape from tabloid politics. To be continued.
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Post by X factor on Aug 9, 2017 18:03:06 GMT -5
If NPR radio as own bodies immune system you'd of died long agoI don't get NPR politics, I totally enjoy all their other non political programing on nature, history ect, but when it comes to the politics, I just do not get. If NPR's political views were your own bodies immune system, we'd all be sick, dead or dying. Our own bodies immune system keeps us alive by fighting off 'invading' bacteria, germs, ect, but according to NPR politics, when same applied to social situations, that's baaaaaad'... No, either nature is right or wrong... Example.. Today, while listening to NPR radio, the host, whomever it was, referred to President Trump, as being the one who used 'rhetoric', while never mentioning all the death threats of nuclear inialition that leader of North Korea has been making towards U.S. over past decade, or since 'Kim' took over. So according to NPR, it's totally OK for North Korea to threaten the lives of millions of Americans, and others, that's OK, but when strong leader Trump counters that threat with threat of own, than it's 'Trump' who's baaaaaaad', according to NPR's politics... Huh, what? This type of mentality ill bias is more than apparent to many. I guess NPR political analysts would be glad to see millions of Americans turned into dust? In closing...I despise the dishonesty of the far right (talk radio hosts, like Rush, Savage ect) but at same time so very disappointed when see NPR politics doing same thing, leaving out whole story, and allowing political analyst to lead with own personal out of touch with common people type of view point. The zone is onto you like a radar... The zone simply hates slanted views, pushed as 'normal' whether coming from Fox or NPR...
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Post by X factor on Sept 18, 2017 19:32:09 GMT -5
Public radio host 'Josh' who hosts show 'A1A', their show is good, solid enough, to compete with other shows on 'commercial radio!For whatever reason 'E' search engine won't lead me to 'Josh' or 'A1A' public radio show, instead leads me to other crap, imposters, or groups with same name. All that aside, if listen to NPR, you'll know who 'Josh' (the host is) and you'll know the show 'A1A', despite search engine pretending to not know what I'm searching for. I don't get paid for this, I don't get paid to promote, I don't get paid for nothing, as such you get what you get. All that aside, the reason why I so very much enjoy the NPR program 'A1A', and Josh, their host is for the following reasons. 1. I don't know Josh's politics...I don't know if they're left or right or independents, as such they remain an objective host to me, as such tells me, as a listener, they want me to 'learn', rather than be indocternated (misspelled), the way commercial radio hosts need you to be. Josh, the host of A1A is curious, yes, but doesn't politicize his curiosity, and that's what keeps his show so doggon ' fresh' (again, not a word) Josh replaced 'Dian R', she was a Dolly Parton type of blonde, but older, and retired like last year. Josh, has surprised many and totally revamped that show, given it some 2017 modern muscle and restoration. In closing, and will later create 'thread' just for A1A, just want to say I listen to all radio, Rush, Hannity, Savage, Levin, and the rest, and can say of all of them that 'Josh' is the most talented and fair. And actually do believe 'Josh' could take show, with current format, to 'AM or FM' commercial radio, and compete with Rush and Hannity and other ideologs (not a word, so what who cares, if smart you'll know what I mean, not what I spell...lol) This is an issue I'll be pushing in up coming days, weeks, months, is that Josh on A1A, I do believe is one of the rare, few, hosts on NPR, that is of such talent, that show could cross over and compete with commercial shows like Rush. Why? 1. People want an alternative to 'All Rep goooood, every single democrat under the sun baaaad'...which seems to be all commercial talk radio host pitch. 2. People enjoy hearing all points of view, even though talk radio hosts like Rush, Savage, able to talk only to self for hours, without ever having guest on, to dispute their viewpoint. Most people are still very rational, and want to be fair, and want to hear all sides of an issue. 3. Unlike Sean Hannity, Josh, from A1A is actually 'fair' to guests, doesn't allow WWF or WCW type of verbal sparring to occur... The above is commercial talk radio, intellectual chaos, yet appeals to Dorito eating bear drinking types. Josh's show 'slows' down the issues, slows down the news, and creates seat in audience for the 'thinking' types. Anyways, out of time, got other things to do, but this will be continued later...
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Post by X factor on Jan 5, 2021 6:37:49 GMT -5
Obviously this section here was created when Obama was in office the first time, and I guess under his admin, it was 'Fox News' that seemed totally unfair and even 'cruel' in their daily lashing of Obama.
It was in this environment that PBS seemed neutral to me, but under Trump, I'd have to reverse that, for sure.
Or at least their political commentary ect.
Still though, their nature shows, or their non political documentaries, are still 'OK', haven't watched any in a long time though....but politically speaking, PBS is just as slanted or was, under Trump as Fox was under Obama.
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Post by X factor on Jan 5, 2021 6:46:33 GMT -5
Not only that but all these nice tolerant people I use to see on PBS, or anywhere in media, I just don't see them in real life. On PBS and other media, people seem 'different', scripted maybe?, but seems once people leave their studios, get off camera, they act, behave as if it's still 1960. Funny or sad that on TV, everyones so 'soxually aware' now, trans this, bi lateral that, all these different ways to define yourself now...but in my real life, the places I go, you'd still think it were 1960. Men still act like Fred Flintstone and the women still pretty much act like Betty. I just don't see the 'color and diversity' of thought in the real world, I still pretty much see 'tradition'. I guess you have to live in certain exclusive neighborhoods to see that stuff actually manifest itself, but in every common street America, if you're a male, or people percieve you are, and walk down the street wearing a purple dress with green hair, you'll get laughed at or worse. I think TV/media makes society seem like it's way more socially advanced, progressed, than it really is. It's not Star Trek era yet, where people willing to sit down with alien, with 2 noses and 3 mouths and have a drink, we're just not there yet.
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Post by X factor on Jan 5, 2021 6:51:00 GMT -5
Public radio host 'Josh' who hosts show 'A1A', their show is good, solid enough, to compete with other shows on 'commercial radio!For whatever reason 'E' search engine won't lead me to 'Josh' or 'A1A' public radio show, instead leads me to other crap, imposters, or groups with same name. All that aside, if listen to NPR, you'll know who 'Josh' (the host is) and you'll know the show 'A1A', despite search engine pretending to not know what I'm searching for. I don't get paid for this, I don't get paid to promote, I don't get paid for nothing, as such you get what you get. All that aside, the reason why I so very much enjoy the NPR program 'A1A', and Josh, their host is for the following reasons. 1. I don't know Josh's politics...I don't know if they're left or right or independents, as such they remain an objective host to me, as such tells me, as a listener, they want me to 'learn', rather than be indocternated (misspelled), the way commercial radio hosts need you to be. Josh, the host of A1A is curious, yes, but doesn't politicize his curiosity, and that's what keeps his show so doggon ' fresh' (again, not a word) Josh replaced 'Dian R', she was a Dolly Parton type of blonde, but older, and retired like last year. Josh, has surprised many and totally revamped that show, given it some 2017 modern muscle and restoration. In closing, and will later create 'thread' just for A1A, just want to say I listen to all radio, Rush, Hannity, Savage, Levin, and the rest, and can say of all of them that 'Josh' is the most talented and fair. And actually do believe 'Josh' could take show, with current format, to 'AM or FM' commercial radio, and compete with Rush and Hannity and other ideologs (not a word, so what who cares, if smart you'll know what I mean, not what I spell...lol) This is an issue I'll be pushing in up coming days, weeks, months, is that Josh on A1A, I do believe is one of the rare, few, hosts on NPR, that is of such talent, that show could cross over and compete with commercial shows like Rush. Why? 1. People want an alternative to 'All Rep goooood, every single democrat under the sun baaaad'...which seems to be all commercial talk radio host pitch. 2. People enjoy hearing all points of view, even though talk radio hosts like Rush, Savage, able to talk only to self for hours, without ever having guest on, to dispute their viewpoint. Most people are still very rational, and want to be fair, and want to hear all sides of an issue. 3. Unlike Sean Hannity, Josh, from A1A is actually 'fair' to guests, doesn't allow WWF or WCW type of verbal sparring to occur... The above is commercial talk radio, intellectual chaos, yet appeals to Dorito eating bear drinking types. Josh's show 'slows' down the issues, slows down the news, and creates seat in audience for the 'thinking' types. Anyways, out of time, got other things to do, but this will be continued later... Speaking of 'Josh', I remember their morning show, but now that left for MSNBC, they've all but vanished, I don't even know if they're still there or not. They should of never left PBS, what a mistake, there they had their own platform and didn't have to compete with 7 other people on a show, people screaming to get points across before commercial break. In my opinion they should of never gone into the cable news sewer, now they've just been absorbed up by the ratings driven rat race and the ugliness of it all, PBS was perfect for Josh.
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