Talk:PBS News Hour

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Infobox Picture

Do we really need such a long description for the picture in the infobox? It seems far too wordy, and detracts from the rest of the information.Miguel Cervantes 21:54, 18 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"A photograph of the opening sequence to The NewsHour, which can still be used today."

I don't get the second part of that sentence (italics mine). 134.114.59.41 23:58, 21 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On Saturday, March 6 of 2003 an inaccurate map depicting the nations of Iraq and Iran was aired. They were labeled incorrectly as Iran and Iraq, respectively. Go to [1] to view the image.

Why is Charlayne Hunter-Gault listed in the infobox under "Starring"? She hasn't been a part of the show for many years now?

Dab

Do we really need the disambiguation line at the top of the page? It's not like, "Newshour" redirects here or anything. The "Newshour" page needs the dab because people would type in "Newshour" and get the British program, but not vice versa. --Jtalledo (talk) 17:55, 2 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Possible changes to production section

Major events such as disasters and elections will often change the format of a single show to provide greater coverage of the event. The news summary is then limited to stories relevant to the event, and other news that might normally be reported in the news summary is then placed in the recap at the end of the program. The remainder of the program is then dedicated to coverage and commentary for the main story.

The NewsHour is normally broadcast Monday through Friday. When a news event happens over the weekend, the Monday program often reports an update on Monday instead of relating the whole story from the beginning (citation needed).

In addition to its daily program, the NewsHour also provides media coverage and commentary at other times for the Democratic and Republican national conventions, Presidential debates, election nights, and States of the Union and other Presidential addresses.

The NewsHour includes types of segments that are rare on other American news programs (citation needed), including in-depth analysis of U.S. Supreme Court decisions (typically with correspondant Jan Crawford Greenburg) and analysis of current trends in media (with correspondant Terence Smith). Obituaries of notable persons are presented as "In Memoriam" segments near the end of the broadcast, before the news recap.

Jim Lehrer (or the most senior anchor, if he is not available) conducts the Friday analysis segment. He asks questions to two political columnists. For balance, one columnist is usually conservative and the other columnist is usually liberal (citation needed).

The description of the Honor Roll should be in its own paragraph. The mention of pledge drives belongs in a Sponsorship section, along with the list of sponsors. There should probably also be a seperate section for People or Contributors.

The claim "On May 17, 2006, the program underwent its first major change in presentation in years, adopting new broadcast graphics and a new version of the show's trademark theme song" is of disputable significance. No changes to the type or format of segments happened. Furthermore, the program's graphics have changed numerous times in the past.

The NewsHour interviewed Charlayne Hunter-Gault in August 2006. She is now living in South Africa and is no longer associated with the NewsHour.

72.129.134.187 18:23, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Obsolete Presentation Graphics

We really need to update still from the News Hour ident, and the example of Jim Lehrer with the "frame" over his shoulder, those graphics have not been used for almost a year now.

Production and ratings

The long "Production and ratings" section seems to violate WP:NOR since it has no source, and it seems to be merely the editor's own observation of the program. (And it is long.) In other WP articles, that kind of material is usually deleted. If you want to describe the production of the Newshour, you should find a reliable source that describes it.

And there's nothing in there about ratings. Nbauman 02:02, 17 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

recent move

Should this article really be named by the show's previous title (The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour)? Using the show's current title would make more sense to me. The given reason for the recent move ("that was the show's original title") is not true, as is clearly stated in the article. And what the heck does "AKA called" mean? 65.170.234.10 (talk) 23:30, 20 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed, the name of the program as listed in the article is inaccurate, and is more a historical reference. The title of the article should be updated.--151.203.50.131 (talk) 12:15, 21 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Too much emphasis on FAIR criticism

It seems that the criticism issued by the FAIR advocacy group has been given too much importance in this article. FAIR is a left-leaning advocacy group and its obvious intention is to move the media farther to the left.

To people on the far left, a centrist point of view will seem too far right to them; to people on the far right, a centrist point of view will seem too far left. These criticisms aren't necessarily important as they are to be expected. Marshallj25 (talk) 21:37, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]