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TV NEWS IS DYING |
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AMEN, Ch. 5! |
| Date Posted: |
05/18/2005 |
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I do not appreciate the way TV stations in my city replace the well known seasoned reporters and most of the anchors I've trusted for many years.
Who's the "suit" that supposedly figured out that I'm going to flock to your newscast just because you hired some hot young stud, who bears a slight resemblance to Brad Pitt, or a blonde babe with saucer eyes and a Heather Locklear smile.
Look George...look Ethel! They're "reporting" from the courthouse, and MY GOD they're LIVE! OOOOOOHH, AHHHHHH.... GEE WHIZ! Say George, do you mean they can go live from outside the TV station !!!!! WOW.... IMAGINE THAT! Via Satellite? Incredible! That's great leap of technology still amazes me!!!
Get a clue... it's 2005, and you're still doing the same live reporting you did 25 years, ago. OOOOH you've got a super dooper doppler.... WOW you've got a helicopter! I've lived in places and watched newscasts where that was the norm, and that was in the early 1980s! For crying out loud, the only major difference in the technology today and what was being used 25 years ago, is the people you have USING it are younger than the gadgets they're using!
These children of glamour journalism last a year or two and then move on. Then you hire another mindless "pretty" face.
Here's what I want.... I want people who know my area, and have become a part of my city and community. I want a station that cares more about "news", than the trash that they pass off as news. I don't want you to frighten me with a sense of urgency, unless IT'S REAL! It's all a matter of the people I grow to trust. That's the key word here....GROW to trust. That takes time to nurture, and cultivate!. If you have a slow day in news, I'm still going to watch if you have the people I like to watch. You don't even have to be the NUMBER ONE station!
I no longer have a newscast that I am loyal to, because you're not "loyal" to me. I'm in your prime demographic range, because I would buy the stuff you're main advertisers sell if you gave me a valid reason to tune in every day.
Sadly you're too busy pandering to mindless masses who are no better than the rubber-neckers I'm stuck behind looking for the pool of blood on the highway after passing an accident! Gee... turns out it was only a fender bender.... but since there's a backup, I see 5 news helicopters flying overhead. It must be 5pm, and you're just dying to impress me with "live" pictures of a traffic jam!
I can see the same think on the internet if I want traffic information. If I'm in my car, I'll tune in the radio station that has traffic news. I don;t turn to tv for traffic. PERIOD!
Until the day returns, when I can trust the people doing TV news I'll just be channel flipping, and screwing with your "meters". I'll fill out my diary with a week's worth of UPN, or PBS, knowing how that just drives you out of your mind!
One day you'll listen to me, because I'm a VIEWER, and ultimately... I am in charge, because I have the ultimate technology.
It's faster than a speeding helicopter....more powerful than a bazillion watt doppler radar! That incredible device allows me to push a single button, and CLICK, you're entire effort that day is wasted, because I've just turned off the TV!
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Let's see what's been passed off as "news" in the past month:
-Runaway Brides
-Michael Jackson...again
-American Idol "scandal"
-Britney's new "reality" show
Again, I say "Amen, Ch. 5."
What happened to the emphasis on good, investigative journalism? It's hard to tell the "news" from "A Current Affair" now.
I myself have made copious use of the MUTE button, too. Ahh, such power we hold in our hands!
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