Unfair And Unbalanced - Is That The TV One Model? (Trees And Things)

gerrymander: Re: Question

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 10:18:53 EST

Good enough for me to watch all 13 episodes. It's not the work of genius Veronica Mars was, but the scripting assumes that both the characters and audience aren't stupid -- which puts it above about 2/3rds of science fictions shows already.

I'm n

Lou: Calling a shovel a shovel

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 07:49:04 EST

Meh...I can't get worked up about this. Is TVOne unfair and unbalanced? Probably. At least they're not making any claims to the opposite...nor are they hiding the fact why they're not covering the Republican convention. Meanwhile, F

delete me: Re: ignorance and bias

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:24:47 EST

If TV One's "only Obama" coverage isn't racist, it's awfully damn close.

Isn't TV One's whole premise is to ignore other races save just one?

thefadd: Re: Question

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:49:07 EST

I remember when Day Break first came out. I'm guessing you'd say it's pretty good?

gerrymander: Re: Question

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:12:17 EST

I had. They started running Day Break, a short-running TV series starring Taye Diggs, a few months ago. ("It's Groundhog Day as conspiracy thriller, but with cops!") Less than h

thefadd: Question

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 21:00:57 EST

Anyone ever even heard of TV One before this?

uncarved block: Show Me The Books

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:59:37 EST

From what I can tell, even though the network has a little financial backing, it doesn't seem as if it has the revenue to cover anything but a slam bang viewing event: the sch

pO157: Re: Unfair And Unbalanced - Is That The TV One Mod

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:38:48 EST

On one hand they are a private entity and allowed to do as they wish with their station's broadcast time.

On the other hand, I wonder if they thought the PR of this through. Are they really suggesting that all their viewing audience cares about is the

gerrymander: ignorance and bias

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 13:43:05 EST

If TV One's "only Obama" coverage isn't racist, it's awfully damn close. They're focusing on their candidate of choice because of skin color alone, and despite claims to the contrary, the presidential race is a sideshow in comparison to the actual "most im