How many of you know the difference in hard news reporting and commentary?

**Shovel Ready** · 04-19-2011, 10:16 PM

Beck does a significant amount of investigative reporting, in addition to commentary. He has broken some major stories. Putting him in the same category as Maddow is ignorant.

**Mr Miyagi wants a kiss** · 04-19-2011, 10:17 PM

There are very few tv networks that are free from corporate or government control one example is the bbc. The drawback of this unbiased news is that it tends to just state the facts as they occur meaning no foresight. If I want to know what has happened I watch the bbc, if I want to know what is going to happen i will turn to one of these speculators which is similar to this man Americans keep banging on about Beck. I admit i have seen one of his shows about China and on some points he was completely right and people need to be scared into action sometimes.

**Tania** · 04-19-2011, 10:17 PM

not enough, I'm afraid

**Shovel Ready** · 04-19-2011, 10:17 PM

Beck does a significant amount of investigative reporting, in addition to commentary. He has broken some major stories. Putting him in the same category as Maddow is ignorant.

**Shovel Ready** · 04-19-2011, 10:17 PM

Beck does a significant amount of investigative reporting, in addition to commentary. He has broken some major stories. Putting him in the same category as Maddow is ignorant.

**Okla State Alum** · 04-19-2011, 10:17 PM

I do.

Maddow, Beck, Hannity, Schultz, etc = commentary

Nameless, faceless anchor = hard news.

**Page1344** · 04-19-2011, 10:18 PM

i"ve been around a long long time, and remember well what hard news used to be like. It's a thing of the past, I'm afraid.

**bluechristy** · 04-19-2011, 10:18 PM

There is very little hard news available and you really have to search it out on line as well.

**Mr Miyagi wants a kiss** · 04-19-2011, 10:18 PM

There are very few tv networks that are free from corporate or government control one example is the bbc. The drawback of this unbiased news is that it tends to just state the facts as they occur meaning no foresight. If I want to know what has happened I watch the bbc, if I want to know what is going to happen i will turn to one of these speculators which is similar to this man Americans keep banging on about Beck. I admit i have seen one of his shows about China and on some points he was completely right and people need to be scared into action sometimes.