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[Mik]

Launches tomorrow night.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-wgn-america-news-nation-launch-20200828-evo54yyjzvbazc2g7dzlmjonua-story.html%3FoutputType=amp

[George K]

Color me skeptical as to how "opinion-free" it will be.

[Horace]

I am sure they will go into it with the best of intentions, then follow the audience wherever the audience wants to go. It is not, after all, their ultimate point to provide opinion free news.

[George K]

@Horace said in News Nation - opinion free news:

I am sure they will go into it with the best of intentions, then follow the audience wherever the audience wants to go. It is not, after all, their ultimate point to provide opinion free news.

Exactly. Always follow the money.

[Mik]

I'm willing to give it a shot and will watch if they live up to that promise.

[George K]

Somewhat related, I saw this on FB.

I wonder if Rachel (conspiracy queen) Maddow would pass muster.

[brenda]

@George-K said in News Nation - opinion free news:

Color me skeptical as to how "opinion-free" it will be.

Could be free of just some types of opinion.

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in News Nation - opinion free news:

I'm willing to give it a shot and will watch if they live up to that promise.

Me, too. The guy in charge said, he hopes “News Nation” will be an even bigger deal to cable TV news viewers looking to turn down the heat on partisan politics."

Something like what they are proposing is desperately needed. It's not like they're going in blind. They've done a bunch of dry runs. Let's give them a chance before we jump all over them with a bunch of cynical schadenfreude.

[Mik]

@Catseye3 Absolutely.

[brenda]

@Catseye3

Yes, I agree. Even the cynical side of me hopes they can really do this and maintain the neutral position.

[Mik]

It could be revolutionary.

[Jolly]

Yeah, but will it be profitable?

[Mik]

we shall see.

[89th]

I just set my DVR to record it, starts tomorrow at 8pm eastern. Gotta respect the idea, as it's what I've been wishing for, for a while.

Related, WGN America also produced the "Manhattan" TV series (2 seasons) about the building of the atomic bomb. Great show, I thought.

[Catseye3]

@Jolly said in News Nation - opinion free news:

Yeah, but will it be profitable?

You think the viewers you see are the only viewers there are?

[Doctor Phibes]

The thing is, you only really need about 25 minutes to read the news. What are they going to fill the rest of the day with?

[Jolly]

@Catseye3 said in News Nation - opinion free news:

@Jolly said in News Nation - opinion free news:

Yeah, but will it be profitable?

You think the viewers you see are the only viewers there are?

Nope, but I'm channeling Aqua. Ever read what he has to say about this?

[89th]

@Doctor-Phibes said in News Nation - opinion free news:

The thing is, you only really need about 25 minutes to read the news.

And that’s if you re-read it 4 more times.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Jolly said in News Nation - opinion free news:

@Catseye3 said in News Nation - opinion free news:

@Jolly said in News Nation - opinion free news:

Yeah, but will it be profitable?

You think the viewers you see are the only viewers there are?

Nope, but I'm channeling Aqua. Ever read what he has to say about this?

I still doubt it highly, but it'd be great to be disproven.

[Horace]

They’ll need what amounts to a constitution that they and their future generations are somehow bound to follow. And the constitution needs to be well written.