On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 1:31 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Another one of those "If you have to ask, the answer is yes" articles... > But unlike usual space fillers, there's something of a solution here. > > Time will tell when/if they choose to employ it. > > > http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/is-local-news-facing-a-credibility-crisis_b76032 >
I don't seriously believe that local TV stations will hire new people to work as fact checkers for the news. They are bare bones operations as it is and any money spent had better show up on the air. I don't see there being a credibility problem with local TV news today because there is so little actual news broadcast. And if they do happen to cover a story, that's not just reading a press release, about city or county government, it's either not new or it comes from "our partners at [local newspaper]." My local news will read tweets or send a crew to a bar to get reactions from folks. The article points out serious errors made in reporting high profile stories in Newtown and along the east coast after superstorm Sandy. And there is a real problem here - the capacity for any local TV station is geared for day-to-day coverage and they are not prepared for major national (or international) events. The thing is, they are never going to be prepared for these events and their credibility is going to take a hit as their budgets are not going to be increased. -- 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
