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WNBC Anchor Sue Simmons swears live on air

(May 2008)

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noggin Founding member
Mr-Stabby posted:

I have only ever seen Bill O'Reily via that Charlie Brooker clip and god what an a**hole. He didn't even give the bloke time to speak, he basically shouted his opinion, and went on some tirade about the blokes father who died being a 'fine American' killed by scum and all his son could do is oppose the governments move to invade Afghanistan. God lets hope he never gets anywhere in politics!


Bill O'Reilly has probably done more on-air campaigning for George Bush than most politicians - some people say.

(People should really try and watch "Outfoxed" - an expose from former ex-Faux News staffers as to how they were instructed to repeat key phrases like "Flip Flop" to describe democrats etc. "Some people say" as a prefix to anything negative they wanted to portray as truth - without explicitly making it a statement of truth was also a well used technique)
GS
Gavin Scott Founding member
Bill O'Reilly is a c**t - some people say.

Hey thanks noggin - that works.
TI
timgraham
noggin posted:
(People should really try and watch "Outfoxed" - an expose from former ex-Faux News staffers as to how they were instructed to repeat key phrases like "Flip Flop" to describe democrats etc. "Some people say" as a prefix to anything negative they wanted to portray as truth - without explicitly making it a statement of truth was also a well used technique)
Interesting movie that, if a little concerning, and also interesting to see how News Corp meddles in some of their other local US stations. They had a full interview with the son of that 9/11 veteran, O'Reilly's bullyboy tactics were pretty disgusting.
CO
Connews
Interesting to learn that that O'Reilly clip is 20 years old - there is a response to the surface on YT on this website.

Bill's Thoughts

Can you believe that Sue Simmons gets $2.5m a year??
BA
Bail Moderator
It does show the clear difference between news over there and here. Our presenters are journalists, their anchors just read from the prompt. Over generalization but meh.
CO
Connews
Exactly. Our Journalists and Anchors have the talent, but their pay packet isn't a scratch on the extortionate pay in America!
JO
Joshua
That's very true. Meredith Viera anchors NBC Today for 3 hours and is payed nearly $10 Million a year. I find that vulgar if I'm honest..it's just a massive amount of money.
CO
Connews
Yup, enter stage right Fiona Phillips, on £250,000. ($500,000.) Hah, you could get 20 Fionas for Vieira's money!

Ooh, and the main link for the Sue Simmon's swearing video is down, meddling by WNBC maybe? IMO, it is the media kicking up all the fuss - you read the comments of some of the news stories who are exploiting the news anchor - you find them mostly forgiving and positive to her.
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
Connews posted:
Ooh, and the main link for the Sue Simmon's swearing video is down, meddling by WNBC maybe? IMO, it is the media kicking up all the fuss - you read the comments of some of the news stories who are exploiting the news anchor - you find them mostly forgiving and positive to her.

Thankfully there's a copy available at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nK-kWCm1M
CH
chris
Charlie Wells posted:
Connews posted:
Ooh, and the main link for the Sue Simmon's swearing video is down, meddling by WNBC maybe? IMO, it is the media kicking up all the fuss - you read the comments of some of the news stories who are exploiting the news anchor - you find them mostly forgiving and positive to her.

Thankfully there's a copy available at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nK-kWCm1M


or not...
CW
Charlie Wells Moderator
chris posted:
Charlie Wells posted:
Connews posted:
Ooh, and the main link for the Sue Simmon's swearing video is down, meddling by WNBC maybe? IMO, it is the media kicking up all the fuss - you read the comments of some of the news stories who are exploiting the news anchor - you find them mostly forgiving and positive to her.

Thankfully there's a copy available at: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=t4nK-kWCm1M


or not...

Let's see how long this one remains working for: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=kr4AaMEvNwY
WW
WW Update
Bail posted:
It does show the clear difference between news over there and here. Our presenters are journalists, their anchors just read from the prompt. Over generalization but meh.


Actually, for many years, it was just the opposite. When US networks had the likes of Cronkite, Brinkley, Chancellor, and the like -- all experienced journalists who wrote their own copy -- , the BBC employed many newsreaders with minimal journalistic experience. Moira Stuart, for instance, was a continuity announcer and game show host before she began anchoring the news.

Even today, the major US networks employ qualified journalists as anchors. Cable news, particularly Fox News, is a very different animal, however.

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