What constitutes 'News'?
Mar 31, 2014, 4:14 pm
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What constitutes 'News'?
I am so tired of turning on CNN in the morning and hearing yet again about ML370.
It is tragic that a plane with 239 people on board disappeared from the sky 24 days ago but when there is nothing to report, why do they continue to offer speculation as if it were NEWS?
When did the 'news' change from reporting the facts as known to the kind of feeding frenzy the media now dishes up?
In 24 days, they have not reported ONE fact beyond the fact that the plane disappeared. This morning when I turned on the TV, they were debating just what the final words said to ground control were. What difference does that make?
Does anyone else find what passes for news today ridiculous?
It is tragic that a plane with 239 people on board disappeared from the sky 24 days ago but when there is nothing to report, why do they continue to offer speculation as if it were NEWS?
When did the 'news' change from reporting the facts as known to the kind of feeding frenzy the media now dishes up?
In 24 days, they have not reported ONE fact beyond the fact that the plane disappeared. This morning when I turned on the TV, they were debating just what the final words said to ground control were. What difference does that make?
Does anyone else find what passes for news today ridiculous?
Mar 31, 2014, 6:22 pm
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Mar 31, 2014, 10:02 pm
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Apr 1, 2014, 1:54 am
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totally agree, the term "breaking news" has lost all meaning 
Apr 1, 2014, 2:34 am
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This happens when a TV/newspaper embrace an event, marks it with a patent.
And get trapped in it.
And get trapped in it.
Apr 1, 2014, 3:14 am
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The problem is the evolution of NEWS. Years ago there were no 24 hour news channels, so there was no pressure to have SOMETHING on, anything, all the time. Now you have to fill the time somehow, so you take one news such as a plane disappearing and start talking about the color of the paint, the seat pitch and ANYTHING you can think of to fill the time.
Secondly, there is also a constant ratings war, and that changes the goal of the news. Instead of accurately relating what happened, it's more important to relate something that gets you more viewers (hence tons of stupid stuff about celebrities, "news" about sports, etc). The news are often prioritized based on ratings (I've heard somewhere that fires are always very popular) and not necessarily on the actual impact or importance.
Thirdly, news are not independent. Private news organizations have various commercial and political goals.
It's a different playing field, and yes, real, important, actual news often get sidelined in favor of sensational crap or overblown stories about nothing.
Secondly, there is also a constant ratings war, and that changes the goal of the news. Instead of accurately relating what happened, it's more important to relate something that gets you more viewers (hence tons of stupid stuff about celebrities, "news" about sports, etc). The news are often prioritized based on ratings (I've heard somewhere that fires are always very popular) and not necessarily on the actual impact or importance.
Thirdly, news are not independent. Private news organizations have various commercial and political goals.
It's a different playing field, and yes, real, important, actual news often get sidelined in favor of sensational crap or overblown stories about nothing.
Apr 1, 2014, 4:50 am
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TV broadcast news is whatever the people will watch
If people stop watching and complain about ML 370 coverage then they will move on to other things
I do agree the phrase BREAKING News is meaningless now
If people stop watching and complain about ML 370 coverage then they will move on to other things
I do agree the phrase BREAKING News is meaningless now
Apr 1, 2014, 8:12 am
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Is this an April fool's prank. news and the US?
Anything that has to do with an actor/ess, anything that to do with a "sex scandal" becomes news, until the new one.
News stopped being news.
Anything that has to do with an actor/ess, anything that to do with a "sex scandal" becomes news, until the new one.
News stopped being news.
Apr 1, 2014, 12:05 pm
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