On Nancy Grace and Haleigh Cummings

The following is a reader’s opinion: Originally posted on another blog

Dana in San Diego
2009-06-09 20:59:19 ET

Art Harris is BY FAR covering this case better than anyone else, with the assistance of Issues with Jane Velez-Mitchell.

Initially, NG {Nancy Grace} was covering this story, but when she thought she might have to “eat crow” and admit she might have been wrong about some presumptions she made early on in the case, she quickly lost interest and went back to where she knew she could be right and bully 100% of the time, because she refuses to admit that she could possibly be wrong. I’ve caught her making simple mistakes all the time, mis-quoting facts people have stated and such and she will cut them off instead of admititng that she could have POSSIBLY have gotten something wrong. I used to be such a big fan of NG, but lately she just turns my stomach with her sarcasm, cutting her guests off before they can speak after asking their opinion, her fake tears, and the TWINS. And I worry about those poor kids safety too…..with her past and current career, I would NEVER put my kids photos up on TV for the world to see day after day. She sees how crazy people are and does this!!! Yikes!

I have started to follow Art Harris’ website within the past couple of months and I will give him credit for being fair and objective and getting his facts straight before writing anything and trying to get all sides of all stories. I look forward to seeing more of him in the future and I give my props to JVM also!!! END QUOTE

WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT

Nancy didn’t stop talking about this case because she made an error. The producers realized that because she was horribly wrong in her assessments and propositions, the ratings could be effected negatively. The news you watch is the news they want you to see. Let’s face it, does Nancy really report on anything that is more important for you to know for one day? Do you need to follow an investigation on a daily basis. Of course not. But Nancy Grace and her producers know that the best way to get ratings is two fold. One way is to be right about something. The other way is to sensationalize and attack to the point at which the public becomes passionate. Aimed at the most ignorant of viewers, the Nancy Grace show is nothing more than a circus of stupidity and repetition geared to the most uneducated of masses. Nancy, in an effort to sound judicial, uses words such as “juncture” and “ensue” adnauseam. Yes I actually vomited several times. Why do I watch. I just can’t stop. I mean seriously, if something is excellent, can you stop watching it? This is the most excellent example of complete idiocy I have ever seen. If Nancy had a sincere fiber in her being, she would be incapable of performing in a talking head three ring circus such as this. Why do I feel the need to comment on Nancy Grace? The answer is quite simple. Because she irritates the fuck out of me. She is the best example of the worst and most dangerous reporting. She anesthetizes the ignorant and insures that they will never pay attention to the real news. Why do they need to pay attention to real news? Oh I don’t know, why not ask Benjamen Franklin? He would ban CNN from the face of this earth had he the power to do so. A news organization that touts non-news continuously for the sake of profit and that dominates the air waves with garbage like Nancy Grace’s show should be silenced in the name of freedom of thought. Ironic as it may sound, the “press” is limiting the thought of the less informed by barraging them with “interesting nothingness”. A child being murdered or going missing is indeed a horrible tragedy. Do I need to be informed about it on a minute by minute basis interspersed with the same commercial every time? Worse is the fact that usually, there is nothing new to report and so, we listen to the meaningless, suppositional, repetative, unsubstantiated, discourse that is enhanced with driving music and fancy graphics interfaces designed to maintain attention span. I am truly sorry that this is what is attractive to enough people to justify keeping this woman on the air. This is the definition of “pathetic”.
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