They are seriously trying to blame the economy for the drop in news ratings? Station owners believed that the cost-cutting measure of joining forces with multiple channels to produce an identical newscast shown several times a day on several stations would lead to increased revenue and higher ratings?
Local news doesn't offer me anything but pretty faces, and I see enough pretty faces living in San Diego. Reporters don't report, the news that is covered isn't news, and the fluff that wraps the whole show together is way too fluffy. I can get weather and traffic from the internet, and national and international news from professional news outlets. What I can't get is local news, even from local newscasts, because local newscasts have become Access Hollywood or dead-white-person-story-of-the-day. I didn't vote in yesterday's local election because I didn't feel in any way informed about the issues. Because instead of learning about the pros and cons of a given proposition, I get four minutes about who is going to win American Idol. I know, as I write this, that I'll irritate some people, in particular my friends who work in local news across the country. But local news either needs a swift kick in the butt, or it needs to be shown the door. It could be a forum for information and ideas. It has the power to shape communities and define the identity of cities, but instead it is a place where newsreaders read press releases while standing in a location where nothing important happened. And here's Aloha with the weather... -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... Smart (TV) People on Ice! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
