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In reply to the discussion: I miss Tom Brokaw [View all]

Oilwellian

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26. Brokaw was the epitome of what is wrong with our media
Wed Jan 21, 2015, 02:10 AM
Jan 2015

Have you forgotten his relentless reports on Bill Ayers to help McCain during the 2008 campaign? Did you also forget his obvious support of Bush's Iraq war campaign? He was particularly nasty toward the antiwar protesters. Remember how defensive he got when McClellan's book came out accusing the press of not doing their job and asking the right questions in the lead up to the war?

Brokaw did the bidding of the oligarchy and was paid handsomely for it. He is a traitor to his profession and to the people who trusted him. He may have been decent in his early career, but then he became an elitist.

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I miss Tom Brokaw [View all] marym625 Jan 2015 OP
not tom brokaw, I don't miss him. hollysmom Jan 2015 #1
I liked him marym625 Jan 2015 #5
Bill Curtis is now on "Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me" on NPR. kwassa Jan 2015 #12
I never get to listen to that marym625 Jan 2015 #14
I remember him as a local anchorman in Los Angeles. kwassa Jan 2015 #19
All in L.A.? marym625 Jan 2015 #21
Local news: if it bleeds, it leads. kwassa Jan 2015 #22
I'm talking pre Reagan marym625 Jan 2015 #24
forgot about a bunch of stuff he did marym625 Jan 2015 #30
Chicagoan ? CincyDem Jan 2015 #2
Yes marym625 Jan 2015 #3
Absolutely - and then he turned it over to Joel Daly and John Drury. CincyDem Jan 2015 #7
Bill Curtis on 2 marym625 Jan 2015 #10
chet huntley & david brinkley spanone Jan 2015 #4
THANK YOU! marym625 Jan 2015 #6
Good night David - Good night Chet CincyDem Jan 2015 #8
Don't remember that marym625 Jan 2015 #13
My memories are of Frank Reynolds at ABC CincyDem Jan 2015 #28
LOL! marym625 Jan 2015 #29
Brokaw??? HERVEPA Jan 2015 #9
I liked him. marym625 Jan 2015 #11
well, if he was cute ... kwassa Jan 2015 #15
I have heard that marym625 Jan 2015 #17
forgot about a bunch of stuff he did marym625 Jan 2015 #32
forgot about a bunch of stuff he did marym625 Jan 2015 #31
mike wallace was an asset to journalism. 60 minutes was powerful... spanone Jan 2015 #16
so very true marym625 Jan 2015 #18
Walter yes, Tom no. nt arthritisR_US Jan 2015 #20
I liked Harry Reasoner too. elias49 Jan 2015 #23
YES! marym625 Jan 2015 #25
Brokaw was the epitome of what is wrong with our media Oilwellian Jan 2015 #26
Actually, yes, I did marym625 Jan 2015 #27
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