FOX NEWS SHOW, "THE STORY", MARTHA MACCALLUM LACKS SUBSTANCE.
THE KUHNS REPORT
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Fox News program"The Story", with host Martha MacCallum, is one of the saddest excuses for a TV program on their network. She surely lacks the art of interviewing guests. Big Example: On August 18, 2020 she "tried" to interview a Black Lives Matter (BLM) leader. From the start she lost control of the interview, allowing the anarchist to filibuster about his organization. She meekly backed off of taking control of the interview and failed insist that if he doesn't want to answer the question put to him she would cut his microphone off and cease the interview. She tried to talk over the BLM leader and he continued to talk over her and the result was a batch of mish-mosh no viewer to could put up with. If the Fox control room didn't cut off the interview I just wonder how long MacCallum would have let this ranting and raving go on?
Note: Fox News should advise guests prior to appearing on the show not to interrupt other guests being interviewed during the same segment. The guest should also be advised that if they want to just filibuster and refuse to answer questions or continue to talk or shout over the host, their microphone will be cut off and the interview ended.
To top it off during the BLM person rant he turned the tables and asked MacCallum a question and she answered "no," confirming his stance on his ravings. Folks, the idea of a host interviewing any guest is to have them ANSWER the questions, not have the guest throw out questions to the interviewer. MacCallum let this guy take over the valuable air time as she sat there and appeared frightened to offend him by laying down rules and protocol for the interview. She should have, after her first attempt to get him to stop raving and failing to respond to her question, shut his microphone off and end the interview, instead she sat there very passive allowing him to blather on, and on. It appears only after someone in the control room was wise enough to signal into her ear mic, they were going to cut this clown off, and they did. FINALLY! MacCallum has SLOPPY, SLOPPY interviews.
It appears she cares less about what a guest is saying during an interview, she's fails to wait for the guests acknowledgement after her introduction. Instead, MacCallum immediately begins to read one of her questions from her notes while the guest sits there with egg on their face. while trying to say "thank you," or "it's nice to be here." MacCallum is constantly looking down at her tablet, phone, or notes to move into a video clip she has has queued up to insert in the conversation. And, then she has the habit of her voice fading off as she talks to the guests, while looking at her notes. She appears to show a lack of interest in the replies the guest are offering up and shows a rush to get to her next video clip she wants to squeeze in and get to the "five minute cycle of commercials."
All in all, this show is a dud. You could train any 3rd grader to say such things as: "I have a clip I want to show you," or, "I want you to see this," and then have the station move into a commercial block of five long, long minutes.
As I said before, the only decent informative show on Fox News is the "Tucker Carlson Show." This particular show presents the issues, Carlson comments on them and if he has a guest on, it is usually one guest per segment, and usually, Carlson lets the guest talk without interruption. The rest of Fox opinion shows should take a page from the Tucker Carlson programming format.
A hint for the other Fox shows:
1. Don't have 3 or 4 guests on a 5 minute segment. The guest only gets about one minute to speak, especially when the host gives a sermon or dissertation leading into a question they intend to ask.
2. Stop interrupting the guests. You supposedly have them on to present their view. Well, ask the guest the a question without a long drawn out sermon AND LET THE GUEST reply.
And, that's my opinion. I suggest you loo at the situation and come to your own conclusions. You decide.
BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by email at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
PRESIDENT TRUMP, TAKE ACTION, STOP THE EMPTY THREATS. RESTORE LAW AND ORDER IN OUR CITIES, NOW.
THE KUHNS REPORT
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Where is the Administration and the Justice Department? We have Domestic Terrorist groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM), ravaging and destroying many of our major cities across the nation. Look at Portland, Oregon, ( in the 82nd. night of violence), Seattle and Minneapolis, to name a few. These groups continually commit arons, vandalism, theft, attempted murder and assault on police officer and citizens of the cities. This destruction has been on going for months and the Justice Department sits on their hands while cities are ablaze in flames.
To make things worse President Trump only says, basically: "If they don't fix it , I will." Well, Whoopie-Do! President Trump has been threatening to take back control of these cities for months, BUT he does not carry through on his threats. Fact is, the dumbest, most stupid, idiotic mayor in the country, New York City Mayor De Blasio, goes on national TV and says the president is only blustering. Boy, that's saying a lot when this disgraced idiot Mayor believes that president Trump will never carry through on his threats.
I suggest that President Trump take the bull by the horns and instead of constantly saying, "if they don't fix it, I will," ACTUALLY FIX IT. NOW! He should move with swift action and override state Mayors and Governors orders and immediately activate sufficient numbers of federal law enforcement on the ground to REGAIN control of these cities. In addition, activate the national guard and havde the guard and law enforcement agencies issue curfews in each and every one of these Democratic run cities, and have the national guard and law enforcement ENFORCE the curfews by making arrests and taking into custody anyone violating the set curfews. When making arrests "perp walk" these anarchists, in handcuffs, in front of media cameras so the nation can actually see that LAW AND ORDER is being restored to these sanctuary Democratic cities.
President Trump says he is for LAW and ORDER, if that's the case he should immediately STEP UP and prove that fact to the of residents of these faltering cities currently under attack and to the rest of the nation. He has to do what he says, HE WILL DO. The threats from the president of "I will, or "I'm going to"are just hollow words UNLESS they are followed through with decisive action.
Mr. president, DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
Each and every day that passes by only emboldens these domestic terrorists to expand their violence to other cities and small towns. In Oregon the chaos spread its ugly violence to the small town of Bend, Oregon, then these anarchists continued to spread their hate and violence to other cities like Austin, Texas.
I early on predicted that if the violence in Seattle was not put down by the feds, national guard and local law enforcement from the get-go it would get worse, and boy, did it get worse. CHAZ and CHOP were allowed to happen and deaths occurred. I strongly believe that if law and order was restored from the first insurrection attempt, this problem would not have expanded and spread to other cities. And now, look a the number of cities that allow this violence to go forward.
The sad part of this whole situation is our lawmakers (on both sides) are sitting back on their butts watching cities burn and be destroyed while saying,. "It's only a few cities." WHAT?
One of the big questions I ponder is WHY does the residents of these cities like Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York City continually VOTE IN these idiotic Governors and Mayors. Don't they see what is happening to their way of life, their children's life. Is it only because they decide to VOTE DEMOCRAT and vote the Democratic ticket? Why do these residents put up with this crap in their cities and state? It's beyond me. Is it because they don't want a safe, secure life for themselves and family? The residents in these states like Oregon, California, Washington, New York, and Illinois can see what is happening right before their eyes and yet they continue to put the same people in office to run their cities and states. WOW! Why not vote these bums out of office and vote new blood in those positions?
I predict if President Trump would take immediate decisive action against these anarchists ravaging these cities, restore law and order and save the businesses and merchants any further losses he would be rewarded by a sweeping, overwhelming win in the November presidential election. - And, that's my opinion. I suggest you look at the situation and come to your own conclusion. You decide.
BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by email at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
THE KUHNS REPORT
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Where is the Administration and the Justice Department? We have Domestic Terrorist groups like Antifa and Black Lives Matter (BLM), ravaging and destroying many of our major cities across the nation. Look at Portland, Oregon, ( in the 82nd. night of violence), Seattle and Minneapolis, to name a few. These groups continually commit arons, vandalism, theft, attempted murder and assault on police officer and citizens of the cities. This destruction has been on going for months and the Justice Department sits on their hands while cities are ablaze in flames.
To make things worse President Trump only says, basically: "If they don't fix it , I will." Well, Whoopie-Do! President Trump has been threatening to take back control of these cities for months, BUT he does not carry through on his threats. Fact is, the dumbest, most stupid, idiotic mayor in the country, New York City Mayor De Blasio, goes on national TV and says the president is only blustering. Boy, that's saying a lot when this disgraced idiot Mayor believes that president Trump will never carry through on his threats.
I suggest that President Trump take the bull by the horns and instead of constantly saying, "if they don't fix it, I will," ACTUALLY FIX IT. NOW! He should move with swift action and override state Mayors and Governors orders and immediately activate sufficient numbers of federal law enforcement on the ground to REGAIN control of these cities. In addition, activate the national guard and havde the guard and law enforcement agencies issue curfews in each and every one of these Democratic run cities, and have the national guard and law enforcement ENFORCE the curfews by making arrests and taking into custody anyone violating the set curfews. When making arrests "perp walk" these anarchists, in handcuffs, in front of media cameras so the nation can actually see that LAW AND ORDER is being restored to these sanctuary Democratic cities.
President Trump says he is for LAW and ORDER, if that's the case he should immediately STEP UP and prove that fact to the of residents of these faltering cities currently under attack and to the rest of the nation. He has to do what he says, HE WILL DO. The threats from the president of "I will, or "I'm going to"are just hollow words UNLESS they are followed through with decisive action.
Mr. president, DO WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO.
Each and every day that passes by only emboldens these domestic terrorists to expand their violence to other cities and small towns. In Oregon the chaos spread its ugly violence to the small town of Bend, Oregon, then these anarchists continued to spread their hate and violence to other cities like Austin, Texas.
I early on predicted that if the violence in Seattle was not put down by the feds, national guard and local law enforcement from the get-go it would get worse, and boy, did it get worse. CHAZ and CHOP were allowed to happen and deaths occurred. I strongly believe that if law and order was restored from the first insurrection attempt, this problem would not have expanded and spread to other cities. And now, look a the number of cities that allow this violence to go forward.
The sad part of this whole situation is our lawmakers (on both sides) are sitting back on their butts watching cities burn and be destroyed while saying,. "It's only a few cities." WHAT?
One of the big questions I ponder is WHY does the residents of these cities like Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York City continually VOTE IN these idiotic Governors and Mayors. Don't they see what is happening to their way of life, their children's life. Is it only because they decide to VOTE DEMOCRAT and vote the Democratic ticket? Why do these residents put up with this crap in their cities and state? It's beyond me. Is it because they don't want a safe, secure life for themselves and family? The residents in these states like Oregon, California, Washington, New York, and Illinois can see what is happening right before their eyes and yet they continue to put the same people in office to run their cities and states. WOW! Why not vote these bums out of office and vote new blood in those positions?
I predict if President Trump would take immediate decisive action against these anarchists ravaging these cities, restore law and order and save the businesses and merchants any further losses he would be rewarded by a sweeping, overwhelming win in the November presidential election. - And, that's my opinion. I suggest you look at the situation and come to your own conclusion. You decide.
BRADLEY W. KUHNS, Ph.D., O.M.D.
Dr. Kuhns can be reached by email at:
bradleykuhns@gmail.com
Monday, August 3, 2020
CONGRESS: STOP GOOGLE, TWITTER, FACEBOOK, APPLE NOW. NEW LAWS NEEDED, USE ANTI-TRUST TO BUST THESE GUYS UP.
THE KUHNS REPORT
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Here we go again. Tech giants like Twitter, Google, Facebook,etc., are continually blocking or removing various individuals and companies from their platforms. It is very clear that these tech titans are very liberal in their beliefs and attitudes and favor any liberal views but remove conservative views. using their speech police who arbitrarily pick and choose what is free speech.
Folks, we do not need some little nerd sitting in front of a computer screen deciding what is and what is not "free speech." EVERY American has the right to speak out freely and say what they want and to express those views. I say there are two sides to every issue and BOTH side should be heard. The two sides of any issue can be debated as to its merits. But for some dopey idiot at one of these tech platforms to interject and say: "I don't agree with that view, so I am going to remove the item and silence you. That's WRONG!
When these tech companies started up and went before Congress they said that the Internet and their platforms were going to let everyone speak freely and express diverse opinions and views, etc., so Congress gave these giants a "carve out" in the laws and regulations against liability. Ever since then the companies have enjoyed a shield against lawsuits. They told the Congress they are not like a publishing firm, a newspaper or television station and said they don't give opinions on the speech that is posted on their platforms. What a lie that is -- Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc., continue to give opinions and gage the speech that is posted by anyone.
Folks, these tech mega firms are acting no different that any newspaper, publisher, or television station. Fact is, they act even more more aggressive and try to tell you what you should think, say, and do. And their attitude is that if you do not bend to their thinking they will erase you from their social media platforms. So, these companies should be subject to the same laws, rules and regulations that any other publisher, newspaper, or television network is subject to, and that includes being under the same liability protocol all other publishers have to contend with.
Further, I personally believe that "anyone" should be able to post their views on these platforms, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Independents, whether they are Christians, Muslims, Jews, or Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, --whatever. Then, if anyone person or group disagrees with a posting, that person or group can easily post their counter argument or view on that specific issue. The result, everyone gets their view heard on the issue.
Congress should reign in Google, Twitter, Facebook and others, possibly by using Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, as well as any other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. The tech giants should be subject to strict "anti-Trust Laws."Better yet. if it were up to me I would say, BUST THESE COMPANIES UP, just like was done with the telephone companies years ago. Remember when telephone giant AT and T ruled communications and held all communication in America hostage for decades. Well, after the telephone companies bust up, it afforded competition for others to step in and offer services. It worked out well.
Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple and all other platforms offering Internet service should allow each and every person to say and offer their opinions and views on any and all issues "freely" without any interference whatsoever and let the public viewing all of the diverse posts make up their own mind as to what they want to read , think and say about what they are reading or viewing,
I suggest CONGRESS take a stand and act against these tech mega-giants so as to insure that ANY AND ALL posts are allowed to be viewed by anyone that wants to read or comment on an issue.
Folks, we have to insist that Congress act and we have to put the lawmakers feet to the fire and tell theses same Congresspeople to STOP taking large amounts of money disguised as "donations," ( I submit it is bribery), from these tech companies who has been allowing these techies to commit the wrongdoing they have been committing against individuals and companies for years.
FAIR IS FAIR. The Internet should be an open forum for any person, corporation, or business, no matter their political leanings. Period. - And, that's my opinion. I suggest you look and consider the situation and come to your own conclusions. You decide.
THE KUHNS REPORT
LAS VEGAS - Hello America, and how is the world treating you?
Here we go again. Tech giants like Twitter, Google, Facebook,etc., are continually blocking or removing various individuals and companies from their platforms. It is very clear that these tech titans are very liberal in their beliefs and attitudes and favor any liberal views but remove conservative views. using their speech police who arbitrarily pick and choose what is free speech.
Folks, we do not need some little nerd sitting in front of a computer screen deciding what is and what is not "free speech." EVERY American has the right to speak out freely and say what they want and to express those views. I say there are two sides to every issue and BOTH side should be heard. The two sides of any issue can be debated as to its merits. But for some dopey idiot at one of these tech platforms to interject and say: "I don't agree with that view, so I am going to remove the item and silence you. That's WRONG!
When these tech companies started up and went before Congress they said that the Internet and their platforms were going to let everyone speak freely and express diverse opinions and views, etc., so Congress gave these giants a "carve out" in the laws and regulations against liability. Ever since then the companies have enjoyed a shield against lawsuits. They told the Congress they are not like a publishing firm, a newspaper or television station and said they don't give opinions on the speech that is posted on their platforms. What a lie that is -- Google, Twitter, Facebook, etc., continue to give opinions and gage the speech that is posted by anyone.
Folks, these tech mega firms are acting no different that any newspaper, publisher, or television station. Fact is, they act even more more aggressive and try to tell you what you should think, say, and do. And their attitude is that if you do not bend to their thinking they will erase you from their social media platforms. So, these companies should be subject to the same laws, rules and regulations that any other publisher, newspaper, or television network is subject to, and that includes being under the same liability protocol all other publishers have to contend with.
Further, I personally believe that "anyone" should be able to post their views on these platforms, whether they are Democrats, Republicans, Independents, whether they are Christians, Muslims, Jews, or Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, --whatever. Then, if anyone person or group disagrees with a posting, that person or group can easily post their counter argument or view on that specific issue. The result, everyone gets their view heard on the issue.
Congress should reign in Google, Twitter, Facebook and others, possibly by using Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, as well as any other pertinent laws, rules and regulations. The tech giants should be subject to strict "anti-Trust Laws."Better yet. if it were up to me I would say, BUST THESE COMPANIES UP, just like was done with the telephone companies years ago. Remember when telephone giant AT and T ruled communications and held all communication in America hostage for decades. Well, after the telephone companies bust up, it afforded competition for others to step in and offer services. It worked out well.
Google, Twitter, Facebook, Apple and all other platforms offering Internet service should allow each and every person to say and offer their opinions and views on any and all issues "freely" without any interference whatsoever and let the public viewing all of the diverse posts make up their own mind as to what they want to read , think and say about what they are reading or viewing,
I suggest CONGRESS take a stand and act against these tech mega-giants so as to insure that ANY AND ALL posts are allowed to be viewed by anyone that wants to read or comment on an issue.
Folks, we have to insist that Congress act and we have to put the lawmakers feet to the fire and tell theses same Congresspeople to STOP taking large amounts of money disguised as "donations," ( I submit it is bribery), from these tech companies who has been allowing these techies to commit the wrongdoing they have been committing against individuals and companies for years.
FAIR IS FAIR. The Internet should be an open forum for any person, corporation, or business, no matter their political leanings. Period. - And, that's my opinion. I suggest you look and consider the situation and come to your own conclusions. You decide.
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