On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 8:01 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > But all the news outlets minimize the facts to make > room for idle opinion that has no place on a network that has the word > "news" in its title. I can't be the only one who remembers when an > anchor daring to proffer an opinion would only do so if a graphic > flashed underneath him with the word "EDITORIAL" in large, bold > letter. Cut to the present day, and if such a graphic was still used, > it would never be off the screen. > > The problem as I see it is that the cable news does present the facts. And then they've got a whole afternoon or evening of air time to fill. So to fill the dead air they use opinion and speculation. When something important is happening live, cable news is at its best. This has been evident since the first gulf war. When it has dead air to fill, cable news is the worst journalism in America. Worse than the tabloids. Remember how the cable networks became the Chandra Levy channels in 2001 until 9/11 knocked her off the screen. And none of their speculation was on target. What I would like to see is an explanation of which viewers CNN lost. I think they're losing a good chunk of news junkies who know get their fixes via Twitter or their smartphones or through the Internet. I don't think Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer is really a top notch kind of news personality, the kind that hold viewers. So I suspect they're also experiencing fatigue as viewers drift away from them. -- 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
