You make my point for me. Experts are now available online without a network filter. Survivor and victim accounts are also available. If I’m going to try to stomach Don Lemon or Rachel Maddow, they need to offer something I can’t get elsewhere.
Like you, I’ve turned to TV during Breaking News throughout my life, too. But now I not only don’t miss it, but feel I’m better informed by virtue of not watching it. On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 6:04 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote: > While there is something to your critique, I think it is overly harsh. I > have seen several recognized experts on both Russia and Ukraine interviewed > many times, providing both general context but also targeted context and > analysis if minute by minute events. They have interviewed Ukrainians > getting out, and those staying. They have video, and interviews, with > officials from surrounding nations, NATO, and the EU. Yes, I have seen much > of this online as well, but television news has, during my lifetime, been > an import supplement to print journalism, and institutional, legacy media > are an essential counterweight to much of the freelance reporting one sees > on Social Media, which has less concern with its reputation and > credibility. > > I’m not saying we would be blind without linear television news, but there > would be a hole. > > On Sun, 27 Feb 2022 at 5:54 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 27, 2022 at 1:47 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com> wrote >> . >> >>> . >>> >>> What would happen if there were no more “linear” television outlets on >>> stories like these? I read the papers often during the day, and the AP, and >>> Twitter, but there would be a huge hole without television news >>> organizations with ongoing assets in the field. Will Amazon or Hulu be >>> doing that down the road? I guess I will have to get CNN+ >>> >> >> Really? A huge hole? What context are TV news providing? What, other than >> the instantaneous visuals of explosions, are they contributing to the >> story? I’m unaware of any experts on Ukraine employed by CNN or MSNBC… they >> might exist, but I can’t imagine they prepared for this eventuality, even >> though Putin has been preparing for this for more than a decade so they had >> plenty of time to develop sources and establish solid connections to the >> region. >> >> I haven’t watched any TV coverage, and I don’t feel I’m missing out. I >> have friends in the area, so I can see any immediate events on social >> media. For context there are stories from AP and BBC. Both NPR and >> MarketPlace have done a decent job explaining the impact of war in the >> region on US economy and life. I fail to see any advantage in whatever CNN >> or MSNBC might be bloviating about. >> >> I’m taking this war personally. I was in Kazakhstan 20 years ago when >> Putin murdered a school full of men, women, and children in Beslan. And I >> watched when he attacked Crimea. And Georgia. He’s patient and methodical, >> and the so called international community has let him get away with this >> crap over and over again. The US isn’t a moral leader anymore, and we’re on >> the cusp of ceasing to be a superpower, but we could still be acting >> against Putin with more than economic sanctions. As could a dozen other >> nations. >> >> Putin won’t stop until he’s forcibly removed from office or assassinated. >> That’s the reality. Even if he’s convinced to stop attacking Ukraine, he >> will shift targets or wait until we are distracted and strike again. The TV >> news media is too dumbed down and too political to cover this situation >> with any degree of quality or depth. >> >> >> >> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK7D6hT7SF-BOS%3DS233RxsL1BNG4OfO75UA1YqqpXS7dQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYK7D6hT7SF-BOS%3DS233RxsL1BNG4OfO75UA1YqqpXS7dQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> Kevin M. 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