Comments on: News Entertainment: The Latest Chapter of Greed and Stupidity

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By: simonsarris

simonsarris — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 05:42:50 +0000

There's still BBC on the TV and NPR (BBC news being reported) on the radio, as far as non-internet options go

By: simonsarris

simonsarris — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:42:50 +0000

There's still BBC on the TV and NPR (BBC news being reported) on the radio, as far as non-internet options go

By: CarlM

CarlM — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:02:16 +0000

It has gotten worse, but it was Tom Brokaw's program that had (no more
than) 7 minutes of news.

Carl

By: Daniel Miessler

Daniel Miessler — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:09:13 +0000

I would say you're wring there. It is new. Remember the nightly news
with Tom Brokaw? Or Kronkite. Or Rather?

Ok, now that you have that image in your mind, take some modern fox
news programming and ask if it'd be allowed on their programs.

No, it wouldn't. Because the people would cry that this wasn't news.

But the ratings wars were still raging at that time, so the only thing
that has changed is the sophistication of the audience.

By: CarlM

CarlM — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:42:15 +0000

I think you're being a little over dramatic, but what you're talking about is not at all new. During the OJ trial, approximately half the news on the nightly network news EVERY FREAKING DAY was about the trial. Of course it was only news when the verdict came in. After that trial, I took note of how much of the nightly news was news. (about 7 minutes).

If you watched only TV news, you'd think that the vast majority of murder victims were white females under 25 years old. (NOT a new phenomenon.)

When CNN started it was intended to deliver the news in a way not unlike the network news, but updated more frequently and always available. Then they thought that "programming" might bring in more viewers. Eventually there was a lot of the programming crap and CNN Headline News was created (a sort of Classic CNN). The Weather Channel once had "local on the 8's" every hour. Now even THEY have "programming" that interferes with their mission (sorry . had to vent).

Anyway, TV is about ratings ... nothing else. This isn't new.

By: cooperati

cooperati — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 05:39:35 +0000

I was just talking about this with another person yesterday. It's important, in one sense, to keep an eye on what's on your TV. Because the cable companies keep track of what you watch, you are, in a sense, empowered to cast your vote on what the programming is.

I told him about how we were just inundated with Michael Jackson material, moreso that people have a practical use for, or in a way was healthy for any attention span. My answer, "Change the freaking channel." It sends a clear message that "Hey, I don't like that. In fact, what I'm going to change the channel to is what I prefer to what's on."

But, I know what you mean. Some of the fresh faces, Barbies, aren't any different than what you wake up to on the local networks. It's been a longtime theme, just not for the major networks. I'm used to seeing Robin Meade on headline news and Megan Kelly on Fox, though they don't necessarily present the same role.

And, then, this might have an effect on the credibility of the old guard personalities. People definitely aren't going to take the information, and opinions, from Blitzer or O'Reilly in a different way.

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