Small concern "viral videos" and human interest stories, celebrity non-news, entertainment industry news and grisly -- but isolated -- weird real life crime stories ("man chops up ex wife with electric carving knife she gave him for father's day") fill the news casts to the brim. If they catch a car rolling over on video, it will show up on the big 3's nightly news cast simply (or apparently so) because it's too juicy and good to resist. Ditto frantic 911 calls in the context of very small human interest stories. Long and weighty dialog and discourse over issues that effect every last one of us are treated in 2 minutes quickie segments.
Why is this so?
The obvious answer is that people are dumber, but I think that's almost too easy a shot. I suspect at times this decline is the result of a political agenda or political pressure or lobbying, but again, that is too obvious.
Any thoughts on the topic?
2007-07-13 07:49:35 · 7 answers · asked by Mr. Vincent Van Jessup 6 in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Yes. My car radio is on NPR at all times. Thank God someone cares about letting us know what is going on. I regret that TV has shrunk from their responsibility and nightly news is more like Ebaum's World than the work of an adult news department.
2007-07-13 08:11:21 · update #1
....and that was on which planet, WWD?
2007-07-13 13:21:52 · update #2
It's a money thing. Lots of indie video reporters trying to make a living. The traditional broadcasters wanna save money, ad sales aren't that great. The same vid will show up on all three local newscasts to fill in the kiddie parade or the crowning of Miss Watermelon. In fact, in our broadcast market they advertise entry-level broadcast jobs all the time. Only Spanish broadcast is growing, using the traditional radio/television you might have been used to. We lost another Country Western FM a short time back.
2007-07-13 08:03:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainstream media is mostly about entertainment and ratings, but with NPR and public television, some foreign press and some internet sites, we have much more access to the true news these days. Most americans are too lazy to search for the truth.
2007-07-13 08:05:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stupidity is taking over.And since everything on TV is about rating.And rating are dictated by young people viewing habits.The news has to dumb down to there level.Just like the rest of TV programming has.I also think today's kids are so self centered on themselves they do not care about really important things in life.
2007-07-13 08:03:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The news is too depressing. That sells, though, because it's dramatic and grabs people.
Shame.
To be honest, there are more important things in life than worrying about the tone of the media.. it's like anything else in this world, if it's not to your taste, avoid it. There's other ways to get information, and avoid the bits you don't really want to see.
2007-07-13 07:58:56 · answer #4 · answered by ahdrianna 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Brian France would have a great deal of ability in Daytona sea coast, in spite of the undeniable fact that it does not amplify previous the boarders of Volusia County, Florida.. He has no ability with the people that are gotten smaller to ascertain television scores, and you will desire to recognize that already..
2016-11-09 05:49:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Celebs, sex and gore pay the bills. No one would watch the news if it was informative. People want to see famous faces and blood. Sad.
2007-07-13 07:54:32 · answer #6 · answered by magix151 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I disagree wholeheartedly. TV news can't possibly have gotten that much worse in the fifty years I've been watching it, because it's always been crap. It didn't have much lower that it could go.
2007-07-13 08:14:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋