News Coverage

[IZ]

The news slogan on one of the channels here in Phoenix..
"Telling it like it is"

Right.

I was just thinking about this while I got ready for work.

There was a 25 year old mom missing for a week in Southern Ohio, they found her last night in a church septic tank. First thing out of the anchor's mouth; "A story we brought to you first".  Who gives a make the beast with two backs that you broke the story first there is a mother of 3 kids dead and stuffed in a septic tank.

I prefer to watch BBC America....just sayin...

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[duccarlos]

You guys are just haters. I get all my news from Glenn Beck. Whatever he thinks is important is important to me.

[zooom]

I don't have a TV.   I see tv sometimes and wonder who people can stand it.

how else are ya gonna see TopGear or watch WSBK or MotoGP races or  watch Star Wars for the eleventybillionth time?!?!?!...LOL

[duccarlos]

how else are ya gonna see TopGear or watch WSBK or MotoGP races or  watch Star Wars for the eleventybillionth time?!?!?!...LOL

The wonders of the interwebz...

[cokey]

 8)I watch the news once-twice a month..

[The Architect]

It's scary listening to stuff on local tv news that is truly just made up about the juvenile cases I do.    I know fact checking is difficult with a confidential system, but every time it appears they truly just invent shit to say.  No info?  just wing it.

Again, don't let the facts get in the way of a good story..................

[zooom]

The wonders of the interwebz...

shush you!...LOL   

[Speedbag]

Tool - Vicarious

[jc.cyberdemon]

^^^+1

[herm]

People are and that's why we have the news we have now. /snip

true, but you can always cast the ultimate vote, and turn it off, or cancel your service

I don't have a TV. I listen to the radio for most of my news.  NPR and the BBC only. I do read CNN and the 2 local newspapers online. I see tv sometimes and wonder who people can stand it.

same here. haven't had TV service since 2003. dont miss it a bit.

[jc.cyberdemon]

also no tv here, if i feel the urge to watch something i steal it from the internet...arrrrrr

[Grampa]

Show Anne Curry on the doll where the ruthless dictator touched you.

[redxblack]

A lot of the news is just disaster porn. It does not help advance understanding or inform. It tends to be exploitative.

I like the brit paper The Guardian and NPR, as imperfect as they are.

[RAT900]

^^^ Disaster Porn....I like that ...accurate....this is at best "infotainment" it is not informative...

information makes most folks eyes glaze over after 30 milliseconds and they are on their way to the Kardashians' latest crisis or some other schadenfreude blasted at them from the screen

now this is not to say that lies slander libel and propaganda have not gone on for centuries in the print or written media...19th Century Yellow Journalism and all that....Remember the Maine etc etc

I just lament that the communications tools we have created are making us dumber rather than smarter

guess it is like fire...

you can cook and warm yourself with it and build a civilization upon its potentials....

and you can also use it to burn down a civilization

[JEFF_H]

I get all my news coverage from the Daily Show.
at least they know what they are.


(goddam i love Tool)