“The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.” David Brinkley
and what does this mean?
News is composed. What an audience is presented with is only a glimpse of the real truth behind the story.
2007-09-15 11:43:35 · 2 answers · asked by Jessica 2 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
What the late Mister Brinkley was trying to point out is the disconnect between TV's method of presenting the news versus the viewer reading the story. It was a cynical remark. One of many he was famous for. He recognized that the "anchor" is really just a headline reader and nothing more. He was, after all, a product of the print medium before going on TV.
2007-09-15 11:51:11 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
what he is trying to say is that even if it's not really a news story they will present it as if it were - if there is no news at the time they will give you some garbage and present it as a news story
2007-09-15 19:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋