TriangleTriadMediaNews 267 Posted February 23, 2017 Posted February 23, 2017 I enjoyed the late Hal Fishman's commentaries on KTLA.
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 My understanding is that Hearst is pushing its stations to do editorials. How many stations are out there that do daily editorials? WISC in Madison comes to mind... but I can't think of anyone else (unless you count Mark Hyman--his screeds are daily, right?). Are the Raycom editorials daily or weekly?
Greggo 362 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 Most, if not all, of the Graham Media stations do them.
newsbot 271 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 My understanding is that Hearst is pushing its stations to do editorials. How many stations are out there that do daily editorials? WISC in Madison comes to mind... but I can't think of anyone else (unless you count Mark Hyman--his screeds are daily, right?). Are the Raycom editorials daily or weekly? Hyman's editorials are twice-weekly. The local Sinclair station also does periodic editorials in-house under the "Real Deal" moniker done by veteran anchor Gregg Lagerquist. They also experimented a few years ago with having the GM do them, but it didn't last long. Hearst locally did them for a couple of years but discontinued them. Gannett/Tegna got of the editorial business locally when the Editorial Director retired.
Eat News 4745 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 The best part of the editorial is the" Editorial Reply"... The reply was usually buried in the late, late movie....whereas the actual station editorial was in the last block of the evening news. In this vintage "lost footage" we see what WAS an average adorable little child who has been freshly indoctrinated into an early mid 20th century global warming cult. Note that the child got a cool "production zoom"! Can you see Perry Shook turning over 2/12 minutes of airtime to an "opposing view"???
rkolsen 1697 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 The best part of the editorial is the" Editorial Reply"... The reply was usually buried in the late, late movie....whereas the actual station editorial was in the last block of the evening news. In this vintage "lost footage" we see what WAS an average adorable little child who has been freshly indoctrinated into an early mid 20th century global warming cult. Note that the child got a cool "production zoom"! Can you see Perry Shook turning over 2/12 minutes of airtime to an "opposing view"??? I've never seen a reply locally. Your right that stations would never give up air time. I'm sure they're pissed they have to air EEO reports as it is.
newsbot 271 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 That's funny, I saw an editorial reply just the other night; the laughter was a bit distracting, though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PIcpuk4mZw
tyrannical bastard 4084 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 And then there's the classic All In The Family episode "Archie and the Editorial" Archie's rebuttal....
mre29 1588 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 My understanding is that Hearst is pushing its stations to do editorials. Do either Hearst or Raycom require the editorials to lean in a certain direction (liberal or conservative) or take certain positions on particular issues, or is it more "Just have editorials"?
newsbot 271 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 The best part of the editorial is the" Editorial Reply"... The reply was usually buried in the late, late movie....whereas the actual station editorial was in the last block of the evening news. Here's a WCSH editorial by the late Editorial Director Fred Nutter (who was not replaced when he retired). Back in the day they actually aired editorial replies in the last block of the 6PM newscast, which is also when the editorials themselves aired.
PelicanGuy 117 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 The late Phil Johnson at WWL was a master at this.
Eat News 4745 Posted February 25, 2017 Posted February 25, 2017 The all time king of the editorial was KTTV Los Angeles Newsman (and actor) George Putnam. One of his favorite subjects was Perversion. Lock the doors Doris.
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted February 26, 2017 Posted February 26, 2017 Do either Hearst or Raycom require the editorials to lean in a certain direction (liberal or conservative) or take certain positions on particular issues, or is it more "Just have editorials"? My guess is no. Seems like the Raycom editorials, at the very least, are about pretty noncontroversial (or at least not overly left-or-right) subjects. http://www.wtvm.com/category/7143/wtvm-editorials "Racist rants are never OK" - ya think? http://www.wdam.com/category/9130/viewpoints "Don't drink and drive drunk, buzzed" - okay, I won't! I haven't seen most of the Raycom editorials...so maybe some of the GMs are willing to wade into more controversial territory...but a lot of the ones I've seen, even when they do touch on something that may be controversial are full of platitudes.
ATLNewsHawk 14 Posted February 26, 2017 Posted February 26, 2017 WGCL runs editorials from several different retired Atlanta reporters during their 5pm newscast. CBS46 actually cancelled this last week. 'Just a Minute' can only be found online now.
AJClementeFan69 477 Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 Did GCL think that bringing in a cavalcade of retired reporters (some of them pretty small potatoes in the grand scheme of things, no disrespect intended -- but Cynthia Tinsley is no Monica) to give editorials was going to boost the ratings? What's next, a 9/11 Truther as main an---oh wait.
news89 468 Posted February 27, 2017 Posted February 27, 2017 I forgot about WTAP in Parkersburg, WV does editorials. http://www.thenewscenter.tv/content/news/Roger-Sheppards-farewell-editorial---2252017-414791193.html
edladd 14 Posted February 28, 2017 Posted February 28, 2017 KOCO Oklahoma City, a Hearst station, airs an editorial from the station manager on the weekend newscasts.
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