Ted Johnson On Tuesday evening comes a new entrant in the cable news wars: WGN America’s News Nation, a three-hour primetime newscast that promises a just-the-facts approach to viewers’ daily diet.No outraged hosts, no endless panels of talking-head commentary, no irreverent chyrons.
The bet is that in an era of polarization, what consumers crave is a program without a point of view.“We want to present a newscast every night that you can sit and watch with your other family member that doesn’t agree with you,” said Sean Compton, EVP of Nexstar Media Group, which owns WGN America and operates almost 200 stations.
News Nation has created a newsroom at WGN’s Chicago and hired 150 of its own staffers. It also will draw on the resources of.
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