I follow many TV stations’ Facebook pages. It’s fascinating to me to see what news stories these stations are sharing on Facebook. And from time to time, I’ll share them on Market Share. In November, TVNewsCheck’s editor, Harry Jessell, in one of his weekly “Jessell at Large” feature, tackled the issue of stations airing editorials, […]
I follow many TV stations’ Facebook pages. It’s fascinating to me to see what news stories these stations are sharing on Facebook.
And from time to time, I’ll share them on Market Share.
In November, TVNewsCheck’s editor, Harry Jessell, in one of his weekly “Jessell at Large” feature, tackled the issue of stations airing editorials, an idea he once favored.
“But, now, in the wake of the extraordinary presidential campaigning and the erosion of trust in media it exposed, I think editorials and commentary are the last things TV stations ought to become involved in,” he wrote.
His provocative column generated quite a few comments and soon, other industry titans took issue with his stance and penned their own ideas.
Last year, Meredith’s CBS affiliate WGCL Atlanta started a segment called Just a Minute, which features editorials and opinions from 10 former well-known news people in the Atlanta market, a sort of Who’s Who of former Atlanta broadcast journalists.
Click here to go the Just a Minute web page to see more editorials.
Here’s one I caught last night that wonders who’s in charge of determining what is real and what is fake news.
https://www.facebook.com/CBS46/videos/10154855478231252/
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