What do you get out of a typical local news broadcast?
I see the majority of a typical broadcast to promote fear. Fear of crime. Fear of economics. Fear of health problems. "Breaking news" is almost always negative. Then there's weather (where they get all excited when the weather is bad in some sort of way) and sports, with a small segment at the end of the broadcast that is positive in nature. If I believed most of what they said without filtering out the shock-value information and discern what the facts are, I would be so paranoid that I would be affraid to leave the house.
Side thought: fairly recently, I've been paying attention to their system of producing a news story. Have you noticed the consistancy (besides the way they talk and their emphatic jestures)? The field reporters spend about 30 seconds to introduce a news clip, play the clip, then a 15-second conclusion, and then back to the studio. "Thank you...(field reporter)." LOL
What do you think they promote?
2006-09-04
00:36:43
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