IPTV's Iowa Press ripped by blogforiowa.com
One thing I look forward to on Monday morning is reading Trish Nelson's comments on the previous Friday edition of IPTV's Iowa Press. I myself quit watching the show probably decades ago. It was so blatant that they catered to Republicans, seldom asking any tough questions and almost never asking a followup question.
I even went back this fall and tried to watch a couple of shows. Nothing has really changed but the cast of characters. Recently I found that Trish Nelson has been posting a Monday morning review in which she pulls no punches. About time someone did.
Here is this week's post. https://blogforiowa.com/2024/02/05/iowa-press-continues-2023-trend/
(Mods - I have permission from Trish Nelson to post the whole article)
Iowa Press Continues 2023 Trend
Posted on February 5, 2024 by Trish Nelson
I frequently write a review of Iowa Press on Mondays. Hardly anyone I know watches the program because of its obvious disdain for Democrats and clear favoritism for Republicans. So I try to watch it so friends don’t have to.
For Friday’s episode, I’ll just say you didn’t miss anything. The panel asks some good questions but they are wasted on Republicans who either don’t answer or use the question to promote a crazy Republican idea or blame Democrats for something. Whoever is in charge at the station doesn’t seem to believe in follow-up questions or challenging Republicans in any way.
Thanks to public pressure, Republicans took a beating on a couple of their brilliant ideas last week such as the gutting of AEAs and denying transgender individuals the same civil rights and protections as everyone else. When asked about the endangered bills and others upcoming, Senate majority leader Jack Whitver had a lot of non-answers like, I don’t know yet, haven’t looked at the bill, we’ll continue to have those conversations, etc. He made a couple of lame defensive tries.
The panel also asked some softball questions like this lead in referencing the school shooting in Perry – “It seems like Republicans in the Iowa legislature don’t want to take action on guns.” Seems like? I don’t know, maybe it’s just me, but why not, “Guns are the leading cause of death for children and teens in the U.S. Why won’t Republicans take action on guns? ” But no, the question became what will they do about school safety. They moved right past the obvious question that every Republican should be asked to defend on the air, to Whitver lamely pointing out that a lot of money has already been spent on “school safety.”
Big bad mean powerful Republicans are being coddled by Iowa Press. Iowans remain uninformed. Every week it’s the same thing.
And just for the record, in 2024, there have been five Iowa Press episodes. The program is so far continuing its trend from last year of favoritism for Republicans. Don’t believe me, look at the numbers. This year, Republicans were the guest on four out of the five episodes. Republicans: Nikki Haley, Pat Grassley, Kim Reynolds, Jack Whitver.
Democrats: Jennifer Konfrst.
No both-sides-ism for Iowa Press! They know whose side they’re supposed to be on.
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