Funeral Coverage

[ememdee19]

I was listening to the radio this morning and I heard quite a few people complaining about the Reagan funeral coverage. They're claiming that it was overkill to broadcast his ceremony on every station, including cable channels. One guy stated..."I wish they would put his body in the ground already and move on to something else." I thought this was incredibly rude and unpatriotic of folks to feel that way considering he was one of our country's presidents.

Do you feel it was overkill as well? I'd like to hear your thoughts...

 

[crabcake]

Considering these same stations gave Princess Di's funeral all-day & all-channel coverage, and she wasn't a resident, much less a PRESIDENT, of THIS country, I say no, it was NOT overkill.

Christ, OJ owned the TVs and radios during his trial, and he was charged with Murder!

 

[nomoney]

Originally posted by crabcake


Christ, OJ owned the TVs and radios during his trial, and he was charged with Murder!

ya; but he was in naked gun and is number 16 on the fathers most downloaded from the net list. :shrug:

 

[crabcake]

Originally posted by nomoney
ya; but he was in naked gun and is number 16 on the fathers most downloaded from the net list. :shrug:

I think Reagan has more movies to his credit than Orenthal.

 

[Toxick]

Originally posted by ememdee19
Do you feel it was overkill as well? I'd like to hear your thoughts...

Actually, I do. Sort of.

Personally, I feel that it's history in the making. Everyone should pay attention, and pay respect - but if it's on every station, including cable channels, then yeah - that's too much.

Some people didn't like Reagan, they should be able to watch something else.

Some people don't care. They should be able to watch something else.



On the other hand - TV stations and networks are privately owned media. They should be able to show whatever they want. If you don't like it, turn off the idiot box, and go ride a bike or something.

 

[vraiblonde]

Originally posted by Toxick
If you don't like it, turn off the idiot box, and go ride a bike or something.

How amusing. I was just having this conversation with my Dad last night about how the nutties are the first ones to say "Turn the channel if you don't like it" when it comes to porn and obscenity. But when it's the death of a Republican President, suddenly the clicker doesn't work anymore.

 

[crabcake]

Originally posted by vraiblonde
How amusing. I was just having this conversation with my Dad last night about how the nutties are the first ones to say "Turn the channel if you don't like it" when it comes to porn and obscenity. But when it's the death of a Republican President, suddenly the clicker doesn't work anymore.

:shrug: it's my prerogative to watch it or not watch it. I don't schedule the programming; just pick what I wanna watch. If someone doesn't wanna watch it, they just change the channel. If they don't like what that channel is showing, they should biatch to the station just like when they allow a show to air a cuss word. :shrug:

I don't think cinemax, hbo, showtime, nickelodeon, etc aired the events from yesterday, did they?

On a side note, I noticed that very FEW commercials were shown during the events yesterday, which means the stations aren't making money by airing it.

 

[FromTexas]

One thing that greatly peeved me was flipping through and catching a bit of the ABC presentation. They were politicing over his ceremony.

Comments like -- Well, I can't say what Reagan would feel about Bush not allowing the flag draped caskets of fallen soldiers in Iraq not being media aired, but I can tell you what he did do. (Implying Reagan would be upset with it) (guess who said that lovely bit?)

Talking about Reagan's great statesmanship they quickly follow with just like Clinton and then a statement about how both of them did so well unlike "other" (it was stated that way with a following chuckle) presidents.

Its a ceremony over REAGAN! It is not a platform for liberal press members to once again espouse their beliefs!

 

[mainman]

I watched as much as I wanted to last night, and then I turned the channel...

What is the big effing deal?

Then I watched Larry King interview Bush Sr. and Barbara.....

 

[mainman]

btw...

I was in a drunken stupor in 94, what kind of coverage did tricky dick get when he died?

 

[ememdee19]

There was an excerpt on the local news last night about the subject of this thread. Quite a few people were calling in and complaining about the coverage of his funeral. I'm still in shock that so many people are up in arms about this and quite frankly, it disgusts me. It's too bad that some of these sorry excuses for human beings can't go a few days w/o their soap operas.

 

[ylexot]

Originally posted by ememdee19
They're claiming that it was overkill to broadcast his ceremony on every station, including cable channels.

What I would like to know is which cable channels are they referring to? CNN, MSNBC, Fox News??? Those are the only ones I saw that had the funeral listed. Those are news stations. The funeral is a historic news event. Therefore, they cover it. The networks have news programs as well and cover historic news events. Why is that a problem? Oh no! They missed their soap operas.

 

[ememdee19]

Re: Re: Funeral Coverage

Originally posted by ylexot
What I would like to know is which cable channels are they referring to? CNN, MSNBC, Fox News??? Those are the only ones I saw that had the funeral listed. Those are news stations. The funeral is a historic news event. Therefore, they cover it. The networks have news programs as well and cover historic news events. Why is that a problem? Oh no! They missed their soap operas.

Not really sure which cable channels they were referring to, but they sure have been complaining. It's history, they need to deal with it.

 

[czygvtwkr]

I think it is an overkill....sort of. Instead of all channels having the exact same thing on, why didnt they collaberate and so many do live coverage, others do tributes etc etc. Really there is no need for 10 channels to have the exact same thing.

And yes they do need to keep politics out of it. I just heard a comment "Regan gave the military a 7% pay raise, many people think Carter was weak on defense but he was going to give them a 5% raise if he got re-elected"

God I hate the press.