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hunter

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2. 9/11 forever killed any interest I had in television news and opinion.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Sun Sep 5, 2021, 08:37 PM

Sep 2021

Now I read all my news. The television in our house is a Netflix and DVD player.

No commercials, no talking heads.

Here's Aaron Brown's wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Brown_%28journalist%29

I didn't know who he was.

As an increasingly skeptical human being I don't even put Walter Cronkite on a pedestal any more.

Television news is a narcissistic reflection of the U.S.A. and always has been.

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Watching CCN special on 9/11. I recall clearly the professional calm of Aaron Brown. [View all] Stinky The Clown Sep 2021 OP

The firefighters were devastated. And only after Jon Stewart went after Mitch McConnel did . . . . Stinky The Clown Sep 2021 #1

9/11 forever killed any interest I had in television news and opinion. hunter Sep 2021 #2

Aaron Brown spent a number of years at KIRO Ferryboat Sep 2021 #3

I grew up watching him on KIRO FreeState Sep 2021 #4

Off to the Greatest Page Hekate Sep 2021 #5

I remember him making excuses for non-critical coverage leading up the both wars tenderfoot Sep 2021 #6

Was Soledad also anchoring on 9/11? LeftInTX Sep 2021 #7