On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 5:15 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote:
> > All too true. Credit where credit is due, through TVorNotTV, I have found > a few people on Twitter who do attend things like local city council > meetings and post about local events. I attempted to find Facebook groups > that cover local goings-on, but so far they are what Aaron Sorkin likes to > call the "pajama people," and though they are good for a laugh, they aren't > helpful at sharing information. > I follow my mayor, his chief of staff, and several city council members on social media. There are probably some department heads I should follow as well but I don't want to overload my feeds. I also joined my neighborhood community association and stepped up when they asked who would chair the development and transportation committee. One result of that is I know my council member and his staffers and they always answer my email questions quickly. > > In their current format, I don't understand the point of local TV news > anymore. They do not offer anything that cannot be obtained easier by apps > on my phone (and as Tom just pointed out, the local news people are getting > their material from their phones as well, so you might as well just use > your own phones and eliminate the middleman). Headlines with no context, > weather, entertainment stories, feel good fluff, and sports scores? Why > would I tune in at a time that isn't of my choosing and sit through a show > order that isn't of my choosing to have people read stories they haven't > written? > People either tune to local TV news by long ingrained habit or because they saw sirens on the way home and want to see if something important happened. Most people, I believe tune in for weather and sports, so a minimal effort is put into the first half of a broadcast. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
