Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-18 Thread Adam Bowie
Although I'm pretty sure that he didn't know that it was only for one day. On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 3:27 PM Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Steve Timko > > *>*John Oliver has a good piece on Brexit. > > > > > >https://yout

RE: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-18 Thread Brad Beam
From: tvornottv@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvornottv@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Steve Timko >John Oliver has a good piece on Brexit. > >https://youtu.be/HaBQfSAVt0s And to bring it full circle, here is John Oliver’s opinion of Sky News Raw [starting at 3:50]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-18 Thread Steve Timko
John Oliver has a good piece on Brexit. https://youtu.be/HaBQfSAVt0s On Thu, Feb 14, 2019, 3:41 PM Kevin M. > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:57 PM M-D November wrote: > >> I know it's completely irrelevant, but every time I see the thread of >> this title, my brain goes to a strange mashup of Brit

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-14 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 2:57 PM M-D November wrote: > I know it's completely irrelevant, but every time I see the thread of this > title, my brain goes to a strange mashup of British newsreaders and the WWE. He he, a wrestling match that has to be non-partisan or the network loses its license.

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-14 Thread M-D November
I know it's completely irrelevant, but every time I see the thread of this title, my brain goes to a strange mashup of British newsreaders and the WWE. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivi

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-14 Thread Tom Wolper
On Wed, Feb 13, 2019 at 7:45 PM Steve Timko wrote: > I downloaded the Sky News app and have been watching it for the last week > or so. > I will just note, as Pluto TV came up in discussions last week, that Sky News is one of the news channels on Pluto. -- You received this message because you

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-14 Thread Adam Bowie
The key thing to know about UK television is that it has to be impartial. Failure to do so could, in the worst instance, lead a channel to lose its licence to broadcast. In other words, something like Fox News couldn't exist. Ironically, we did use to get Fox News on satellite services, but it was

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-13 Thread Steve Timko
I downloaded the Sky News app and have been watching it for the last week or so. As far the live newscasts, the most notable difference is the pace. U.S. news tends to be faster paced and delivered with more urgency. The most notable example is ABC’s David Muir, who begins each newscast breathlessl

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-05 Thread Adam Bowie
Sadly, as is now becoming all too normal, British politics has become incredibly polarised. Brexit is definitely not helping there. Therefore, attacking the media seems to have become more normalised. Check out the responses to any vaguely political tweet posted by BBC News or one of their corresp

Re: [TV orNotTV] Semi-OT - Sky News Raw

2019-02-05 Thread Steve Timko
I watched a little bit. It is bigger than I would have guessed. I asked a question using #skynewsraw and checked back for an answer 45 later. No reply. So I clicked on the hashtag to look at the other comments. Three quarters were attacks on Sky News. Half of the positive seemed to be from other