I read a great blog posting a few months ago by a former local TV news director about how the focus groups and viewer research polls were ignoring people who said they don't watch TV news instead of asking why they weren't watching. Any maker of product that ignores people who don't already use the product deserves to go out of business.
I suspect that I'm not a typical consumer of TV news, but I hate how insular it has become. Local news insists on making everything hyperlocal, to the point of absurdity (the day after the attack on the flight to Detroit, one station here in Austin had 10 seconds about the attack and 2 minutes of interviewing people at the airport about how horribly long the security lines looked) and network/cable news doesn't seem to care about a story outside the US unless they can turn it into a right/left thing or it's some kind of natural disaster with visuals that will attract gawkers. On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 17:01, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Or perhaps they just have an absolutely crappy product that appeals to > no one and is full of blowhards who won't challenge bold-faced liars > and seems less interested in doing anything resembling journalism in > lieu of talking in mindless circles. > > They'd like to talk about it more, but I have to leave it there. > > On Dec 29, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Bob in Jersey >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> ...the one with all those dratted characters. >>> >>> And boy, do they miss Dobbs and L. King... >>> >>> http://snurl.com/twqns >> >> I was going to comment that CNN's numbers are down because there's no >> national election, but I see FNC's up 7%. In that case I'll say CNN's >> lost direction: breaking news is on Twitter (or at least the Internet) >> and people aren't interested in a middle of the road, corporate news >> viewpoint any more. >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> 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 -- David J. Lynch [email protected] -- 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
