Comments on Advance Indiana™: Shella Shows His Bias Once Again

Hpw is channel 6 and 13 news any better than chann...

2010-05-18T17:38:43.751-05:00

Hpw is channel 6 and 13 news any better than channel 8? I have good reason to distrust the anchor, Todd Wallce and the reporting of Scott MacIntyre.

Jim Shella is nothing but a simpering, leftist lib...

2010-05-18T15:54:09.260-05:00

Jim Shella is nothing but a simpering, leftist liberal who acts as a "mule" for the democrat party.
Why people would believe anything he says is beyond me.

Thanks for the WISH news update...haven't watc...

2010-05-18T15:20:44.476-05:00

Thanks for the WISH news update...haven't watch them since Mike Ahern retired. I'm thinking there's not much 'reporting' anymore, just someone reading the news from their 'news gathering partner'.

Mad magazine used to joke that it was also suitabl...

2010-05-18T15:18:36.318-05:00

Mad magazine used to joke that it was also suitable for wrapping fish. Where would that leave television reporting?

I understand that reporters or would-be journalists are not robots. The Murrows and Cronkites had opinions too- albeit more muffled. But, pulling the economics of first-hand journalism out of the fire is not going to get done with biased commentary alone. There's an unfulfilled niche. There was a reason everybody used to read the New York Times. It was a damn good reason.

I'd love to send money to "public" television again. I need to hear both sides to make up my mind at times. But, "public" denotes a common group of people, not a politically select group. Do you perceive both ideological ends of our spectrum getting balanced coverage from television? During Presidential election coverage? On immigration? How about the weeks of massive oil spillage in the Gulf? What about the suppossed "payback" of GM for it's bailout? Did you hear about the increased CBO estimate on our new health "reform"? Do you feel like you heard both sides of the Wishard referendum? Or, the influence (or lack thereof), by Barnes & Thornburg and the IURC in the Citizens water takeover?

Jim Shella may be our local poster child, but he's only one of many. If there's a demographic upsurge of young Libertarians, unbelievers of either party, are they also going into journalism?

Please!