Granted, the network morning news programs can seem a little devoid of news sometimes. But they’re still produced by the news divisions, and thus in theory are news shows. Which is why it’s good to check in, every now and then, to see what they think is worth putting on the air.
Like ABC‘s Good Morning America‘s “exclusive” report (5/2/14) about its parent company. “We’ve got breaking news from Disney,” correspondent Ginger Zee explained. “It’s a new kind of magic at the Walt Disney World Resorts.” What is it? Some sort of wristband, which is “like a magic wand that lets you do just about anything.”
But that’s not all–there’s also a new ride at the park, and a new parade “with larger-than-life floats unlike anything I’d ever seen. A land of fantasy, growing bigger and helping our imaginations grow bigger every year.”
It doesn’t appear that ABC bothered with the sort of normal journalistic disclosure during the segment. (Zee exclaiming “it’s tough not to find magic here at Disney” doesn’t count.) Perhaps it was just too obvious.
Or maybe it’s simply too hard to keep track of all the Disney promotion they’re doing; a few days later (5/4/14) the show was reporting on “Star Wars Day” and promoting a new Star Wars cartoon. The franchise, as an on-screen disclosure noted, just so happens to be owned by Disney.
Doug Latimer
It’s a small world, after all …
(Hopefully that won’t get me sued for copyright infringement.)
Padremellyrn
Yes, it’s a small world, but the Lawyers fees are Mighty Big….. Keep it up and you will be mickey moused. LOL
Perhaps this is why I don’t bother to watch the news on TV anymore. The more ‘bad things’ that happen in reality, they more they try to sweeten the news. The problem is right now, it is nothing but saccharin.
Walter Stockhecker
To heck with the studios, they should just broadcast from the Disney cruise ship and other Disney properties. There is nobody that has done a better job of turning himself into a Disney cartoon than Michael Strahan. He’s the new Mr. Bojangles (except highly compensated for his Goofy-esque buffoonery).
debris54
beyond the beyond .. what more can be said? .. ‘news’ was hijacked a long time ago
Ted Whitney
This isn’t news. It’s called whoring.
Tom Hendricks
The consolidation of the arts and media into the Big 6 has given us the worst of art and media.
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Graeme
Why doesn’t Disney do away with humans altogether and replace them with animatronics or CGI. On side note: I stopped reading and collecting Marvel comics after Disney got their greedy corporate hands on the company and, as usual with them, they are running the group into the ground by churning out more and more product. Screw any notion of quality just get the dollars by any means possible.
Padremellyrn
“”Why doesn’t Disney do away with humans altogether and replace them with animatronics or CGI.””
They tried that, but the animatronics had to much self worth to put up with their nonsense.
sybil
6abc decided to broadcast
funeral of Mr.
Katz, but
would not
broadcast
live the
funerals of
police
officers killed
in the line of
duty. Guess their ultimate sacrifice was not worthy. Shame on you