For the record, MSNBC.com was also as worthless as tits on a warthog. I would argue that there's an opportunity for local news to make themselves hyperlocal, but it requires such a fundamental change that no news director would have the cojones to do it. For example, while sitting at my brother's house last night, we watched as the first seven minutes of WDIV's 6:00 newscast (Detroit NBC) was devoted to NW253, an event that happened a scant four days earlier, including two separate live shots in front of venues where no news was actually happening (Wayne County offices in Detroit and Metro Airport in Romulus). The broadcasts were being lead by the "Local 4 Defenders," who were apparently defending us from any sort of actual news going on in the Detroit area.
Joe Hass On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 8:43 AM, jeffrey marousek <[email protected]> wrote: > i read this too kevin. > > not really sure how or what the relationship is between msnbc and nbc news > is anymore. for us, an affiliate, we pay to be an nbc newschannel affiliate, > completely separate entity from the mother nbc. we really have no access to > msnbc material at all. i don't even know if subscriptions exist for > stations like us. i do know that newschannel operations have recently been > downsized and consolidated substantially over the last 2 years > > as local news is currently on the downslide, so is the national scene. as i > often tell people, broadcast news is about entertaining more than > informing. until that changes (which would have to include a business model > that makes sense) we will continue seeing less coverage by real news > organizations, and more by moronic, slack-jawed people like tmz. > > and until someone can explain to me how kathie lee and hooter can be part of > a 'news' organization, i will never believe network news will survive. > > Jeff > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> MSNBC called on the carpet for failing to cover the Christmas >> terrorism (as well as the Iran election protests). Could it be that >> they don't have the manpower to be an actual news outlet? Or that they >> burned their bridges with many NBC affiliates (to say nothing of the >> NBC flagship news division) during the most recent Presidential >> elections, so none of them will loan a reporter or even a live feed of >> breaking news? >> >> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091228/ap_en_tv/us_tv_msnbc_breaking_news >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> 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 > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > 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 -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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
