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What's Wrong With the TV News
MBCook writes "Technology Review has a fantastic seven page piece titled "You Don't Understand Our Audience" by former Dateline correspondent John Hockenberry. In it he discusses how NBC (and the networks at large) has missed and wasted opportunities brought by the Internet; and how they work to hard to get viewers at the expense of actual news. The story describes various events such as turning down a report on who al-Qaeda is for a reality show about firefighters, having to tie a story about a radical student group into American Dreams, and the failure to cover events like Kurt Cobain suicide (except as an Andy Rooney complaint piece)."
...is becoming more and more like Slashdot?
Misleading Headlines, Irrelevant Stories, Flamebaiting Comments: you heard it here first!
Solomon Chang
"Twice half-assed makes an ass whole." --Solomon K. Chang
...Kurt Cobain?
Did you hear Kurt Cobain was on the TV? ...and on the carpet, the walls, the furniture...
the comments are fair and balanced!
Just -1, Troll talking to another.
which I believe the best most unbiased one is with Brit Hume
I had to quote that just so I could isolated it from the rest of your post and make sure I had read it correctly.
reading about Britney's most recent nipple slip doesn't have the same effect as seeing it with your own eyes. Thats why I turn on the television for in depth news coverage of the latest worldly events.
What? No... Who's familiar with subject matter? Not me.
I only "get the joke" because the studio audience is laughing.
So, it MUST be funny. Therefore I laugh.
I've noticed it's like that with a lot of "comedy" type shows. Has been ever since the days of black and white TV.
*ONLY* 2hrs of TV a week? Jesus, I think that if I watched that much TV, my brain would fall right out of my asshole.
Its probably just that everything sounds more legitimate when spoken with an English accent lol
re: "On a final note, I don't care what anyone says about Spears in her post-career phase, I would still tap that ass, no question."
Ditto. I bet she's a fuckin' tiger in the sack, especially after a could of good bong rips.
That was a most excellent analysis, LithiumX. Indeed, I'm giving up my ability to moderate on this thread just to tell you that.
sig has been sent away for a few small repairs...
I only laugh at a comment on slashdot if it's already modded "+5 Funny".
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