NC Media Watch

The Union Web Site Gets an Upgrade

Russ Steele

The Union web page will be updated this afternoon with a Members Hub, making the site more web centric. The Homepage with have a direct link to a Members Hub. The new Member’s Hub will allow users of to see all of the comments on stories over the past 5 days. The Hub will also be a place for readers to make their own contributions to the contents of the web site, including photos and videos, with more opportunities for readers to connect with other Hub members of like interests.

Below is a screen shot of the new Members Hub page.(Click for a larger image,)

Bet you did not read this in the main stream press

Russ Steele

The Canada Free Press, which is not controlled by the current administration, has this story about the up coming Tea Party in Sacramento on 28 August 2009.  A display of that manufactured anger which is Un-American according to Nancy Pelosi. Funny when it is an ACORN mob fighting for Democrat votes it is OK, when it is conservatives fighting for our freedom it is Un-American.

According the CFP hundreds of California farmers, ranchers, loggers and truckers will join an estimated 50,000 people to protest the court-ordered shutoff of water to the state’s Central Valley farm land to protect a minnow. And, to protest AB32 which is strangling the California economy.

According to a TEA Party Press Release published in the CFP:

A coalition of conservative, taxpayer, agricultural and logging industry organizations will march to the steps of California’s capitol building in Sacramento on Friday, Aug. 28 to fight for the livelihoods of working families over the rights of a federally protected fish.

“It is devastating California’s economy. We are being crushed by burdensome regulations and taxes”

How is your TV this morning?

Russ Steele

The US is switching to digital TV today, be sure to rescan your converter box. Channel 3, one of the strongest local stations will switch off their analog signal at 9:00 this morning, some of the UHF stations will stay on until the very last minute, there viewers problems will start tomorrow.

Western Nevada County is a poor reception area for the the new digital TV according to the FCC web site.  I would like to hear about your experience. What happened at your house?  

Warning, warning, Liberals do not watch Glenn Beck on Fox.

Russ Steele

If your are not a true patriot, or a first order conservative do not watch Glen Beck at 2PM on the Fox News Channel. Channel 205 on Dish Network.  Beck is a grave danger to the mental health of liberals.  Glen Beck's truth will cause your mind to explode, scattering crap all over your living room.

On the other hand, if you are true conservative, a true patriot,  they you should never miss a program. Look, you have a VCR or DVR, just set it to record Glenn while your are slaving away to earn a living. It is the best after dinner show in America. Here is a link to a preview.  

The price of news and liberal comment goes up

Russ Steele

Ellen and I have been going out for Sunday morning coffee and the San Francisco Chronicle ever since our youngest daughter left for College in 1996. Over the years the price of coffee and the Chron have crept up, but this morning it was shock to find out the Sunday Chron went from a $1.06 with tax last week to $1.88 with tax this morning. Prices are not longer creeping, they are jumping. The Sunday Chronicle has been shrinking, over the past year, now it costs more for less news and liberal commentary. I wonder how long it will be before the Chronicle is nothing but a memory.

Stupid is what stupid does

Russ Steele

What is it that the Big Three Networks do not understand about credibility. Drudge has the latest Nielsen Media Research numbers.

The Obama-McCain match-up is proving to be a lackluster election ticket for the Big 3 network news programs, according to NIELSEN MEDIA RESEARCH.

As the shouting from the trail and the frantic spinning from the anchor desks intensify, the audience is voting with their remotes.

All 3 evening news shows experienced audience drops year-to-year for the week of Oct. 13-19, 2008.

CBSNEWS w/ Couric shed a half a million viewers, falling from 6.4 million to 5.9 million; ABCNEWS dropped from 8.1 million to 7.6 million; NBCNEWS slumped from 8.2 million to 7.8 million.

The Internet makes fact checking and background checking what they say. People can log on and get a video, often the stuff they left in the editing bit bucket, or some one has posted a cellphone video of the event, why do they continue to lie?  When Couric come on the TV, it a race to see who can reach the remote fastest at our house. If we have to watch the evening news is usually NBC, but that is a rare event. Fox news our source of choice and it tops all the other Cable Channels.