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by Vested Id 05/15/2013, 12:54pm PDT |
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Commander Tansin A. Darcos wrote:
Anyone have a different take on this whole idea on how the media doesn't cover non-visual news events or on other issues about lack of coverage or the crappy way they cover news?
You've uncovered an incredible conspiracy. TV news cannot cover everything, so they stick to things they can't ignore or the things they have video for. I agree it's a problem, because the habit of pretending a story doesn't exist if there's no video for it, or repeat the same slim volume of details over and over because they don't have the time for complexity, doesn't seem to detract from the perceived authority of TV news. (The standard story length is 25 seconds.) But news programs see themselves as being mostly delivery mechanisms, they don't analyze or consider very much. Until recently they could refer you to newspapers for more details or creative visualization.
Your mind would be blown if you knew how much local news is CTRL-C/CTRL-Vd from CNN. All national stories and, depending on whether it's a slow news day, most of the packages. Stations pay for the right to use those stories without having to tell you where they got it from. I write part-time for a local station and those CNN stories are such a dirty luxury, so easy to get out of the way and if the facts are wrong you can point the finger. |
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Breaking news: The Sun rose this morning! Film at 8, 9, 10, 2, 5, and 11! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/13/2013, 5:06am PDT 
Re: Breaking news: The Sun rose this morning! Film at 8, 9, 10, 2, 5, and 11! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/13/2013, 8:40am PDT
Asperger's! Ass ass perger's! Fight it if you dare! NT by oooooo! 05/13/2013, 10:18am PDT
Re: Breaking news: The Sun rose this morning! Film at 8, 9, 10, 2, 5, and 11! by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/13/2013, 5:21pm PDT
Normal humans already know not to make off-topic posts in random forums why woul by you need to be specifcally told tha 05/14/2013, 11:24am PDT
I like his threads. by Matthew Holland 05/14/2013, 9:36pm PDT
Of course you do by frankenfortuna 05/20/2013, 10:11am PDT
Re: Of course you do by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/20/2013, 11:20am PDT
Re: Of course you do by frankenfortuna 05/20/2013, 11:31am PDT
Hey, he has no opinion; he's been dead for over twenty years by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/20/2013, 1:20pm PDT
3...2...1...and cue excellent example by frankenfortuna 05/20/2013, 1:32pm PDT
Your "NO U" retorts are really hilarious, Paul. They really demonstrate how you by Eurotrash 05/20/2013, 12:05pm PDT
Hey, you're the one who's acting stupidly; you are the one with all the power by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/20/2013, 1:36pm PDT
I said "carry on", you raging idiot by Eurotrash 05/21/2013, 1:30am PDT
Someone tell me how a post about how the news is irrelevant is off-topic in a NT by forum covering fuckin' *news*!? 05/18/2013, 2:38am PDT
The part about it not being news. NT by Worm 05/18/2013, 3:38pm PDT
Re: Breaking news: The Sun rose this morning! Film at 8, 9, 10, 2, 5, and 11! by Vested Id 05/15/2013, 12:54pm PDT
In the church of information, journalism is not the preacher. It is the bell. NT by Liner Spall 05/15/2013, 1:20pm PDT
Re: Breaking news: The Sun rose this morning! Film at 8, 9, 10, 2, 5, and 11! by blackwater 05/18/2013, 11:49pm PDT
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