The Robert MacNeil Report

When Jim Lehrer was in charge the Newshour had a much greater respectability, but since then has increasingly decreased in quality. It now lacks competence, seems to be run by a group of like minded associates, and is little more than msnbc. They extend beyond incompetence and obnoxious ideological bias to a degree of dangerous propaganda. It's a sad loss to American journalism, and probably should be defunded unless a new group is brought in to fix the administration and oversight.

I have been a committed fan & supporter of my local PBSNC station for years, off & on. The PBS News Hour is a program I rarely miss. Along with Democracy Now with Amy Goodman, the PBS News Hour ranks, in my opinion, as a trustworthy source of accurate information about current events. Please consider using "The United States" when referring to our country as opposed to simply "America". The entire western hemisphere is the Americas, and our nation is but one of many making up The Americas. The US is the United States of America, & calling it America is wrong and insulting to other countries of the hemisphere.

I am tired of hearing the same people who are the purported experts on this show. they provide little new views or perspectives and i do not know why the news for PBS Newshour should have so many contracted regulars when there are so many experts out there that have more insight to provide. Especially the Friday night editorializing which is really stupid as the two regulars that present simply provide there bias over and over. Judy Woodruff is boring and always saying "more to think about" and her interviews are shallow and lacking in direct challenges to those who lie on the program. She is really a weak interviewer and has little strength. Amanpour is so very much more well educated about the issues and direct in her speech and not as timid and weak as Woodruff, who i believe has passed her usefulness. I actually get angry when I listen to these regulars on PBS Newshour that are so redundant and lacking in depth. It is more of a small high school social group of people than real intellectual content and challenging ideas and good interview skills.

.... since all TV news shows followed the same basic format - Impartially speak in detail about the news stories of the day, with maybe a human interest story at the end. Then came the 80s, and newsrooms across the country were commercialized so that network and cable news alike resemble the National Inquirer. Everybody has staked out a demographic that they want and simply tells that demographic what they want to hear.

Thus, PBS NewsHour is a relic of a bygone era, and I'm glad it's still here. The show informs rather than pontificates, and employs actual journalists doing actual journalism. I dread the day it may no longer be available.

For the past few weeks, PBS News Hour has not allowed for the uninterrupted and Full Coverage of both the Democratic National Convention (DNC) or this week's Republican National Convention (RNC).

The Worst part came when towards the end of Night #3 for the RNC. Just as Music Artist, Trace Adkins, was about to sing the United States National Anthem of "The Star-Spangled Banner" (at the Historical Fort McHenry where this Anthem was Born), the camera cut back to your news anchor, Judy Woodruff.

What's even more Horrific is when Woodruff outright lied about the song Adkins was about to sing. She said that he was going to sing, "America the Beautiful", when they had instead, just announced our National Anthem! To cut someone off from singing the "Star-Spangled Banner", our Nation's Anthem was Disrespectful and Treasonous! Lying about doing so is even More disgraceful and deceitful! Even if he was going to actually sing a different song, you could have waited until the song was finished and the audience applauded. Then you can go back to commenting on the event.

I'm Sorely disappointed in last night's performance! 😤😠😡