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June 13, 2005
The News of the Day
The local CBS-TV 6 O'clock News covered the big stories of the day this evening. We learned that Governor Schwarzenegger called for a special election in November to have the voters decide his initiatives that will redefine the economic and political landscape of California. And we heard the opinions of local citizens in Sherman Oaks and Orange County on the outcome to the Michael Jackson trial.
By my count, approximately 8 minutes of airtime in the 30 minute segment were spend on the Jackson trial and less than one minute was spent on the Governors announcement. But, of course, only Michael, his family and the prosecutors (plus a very few other people) need to live with the not guilty verdict while about 37 million people in California will be affected by the outcome of the special election and, if successful, the outcome could affect the political life of every man, women and child in the United states.
Did the evening CBS Evening New with Bob Schieffer do any better on the important issues of the day? No. Another 7.5 minutes were given to the Jackson verdict, about 2 minutes were given to the failing effort in Iraq, 6 minutes were given to non-time critical subjects: concern about stun guns, a Mercedes concept car that looks like a fish and the advances in earth quake science. Did I mention the Supreme Court decision overturning the conviction of a black death row inmate that said Texas prosecutors unfairly stacked his jury with whites? No, neither did they. Did I mention how much airtime they gave to their analysis of the new memos coming out of the UK about the lack of planning for victory in Iraq and the planned manipulation of intelligence to justify the war? They gave no time to these small matters. But Jacko got his 7.5 minutes.
Just in case their coveager of today's events was a little thin CBS is airing a special 48 Hours on Iraq Schwarzenegger the Downing Street Memos the Supreme Court decisions the Jackson verdict.
The next thing we will have is a Special on why the electorate is so poorly informed.
Posted by Duane Smith at June 13, 2005 8:05 PM | Read more on Current Events |
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