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Opinion-free newscast ‘NewsNation’ set to debut tonight on cable television

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Opinion-free newscast ‘NewsNation’ set to debut tonight on cable television | FOX 5 San Diego

CHICAGO (NEXSTAR) – Later today, Nexstar Media Group will debut a new 3-hour, primetime newscast titled “NewsNation” to air nightly on WGN America. The goal: bring traditional news back to cable television between the hours of 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. ET.

“I definitely think there’s a place for this. This is what the country needs right now,” said anchor and longtime newsman Joe Donlon. “I don’t think the arena we’re about to jump into is crowded. If you want talk and opinion in primetime, you have plenty of options. If you want news, you don’t.”

When you think about the cable news landscape in those terms, Donlon is absolutely correct. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC’s primetime lineups are dominated by programs built around opinion and analysis — not always facts.

“That’s the void we’re trying to fill,” Donlon added.

If this outlet starts to get traction, it might force other networks to start separating fact from opinion. Or they may simply follow the trend and get bought out and diminished into a black hole by big media, or some other threatened entities.
 
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