On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote:
> (SNIP) Outside of political news, national and local TV news are awful. If > a > person tunes in to the news on any day in order to get some insight > into what is going on in the world, that person will end up sorely > disappointed. Local news has stopped covering city government and only > gives time to state government when the governor signs an important > bill or a local legislator sends them a press release about a > submitted bill and then the anchors/reporters do not bother to give an > opinion as to whether the bill will ever see a vote on the floor. The > daily national newscasts could not adequately explain the subprime > lending bubble burst and what it meant to viewers. 60 Minutes did the > best job using longer form stories. > > TV news is reaping the reputation they have sown for many years. > Agreed. Though another way of saying the same thing is that the American pubic is getting the quality of news it has been voting for with its eyeballs for many years. -- 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
