Are you totally glued to the screen when Live events such as the Friday Atlanta Shootings and the Michael Jackson shenanigans happen or are you easily repulsed by the swiftness,immediacy,and diligency of CNN to constantly keep covering the event for Days and Days?
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CNN Breaking News-Attracted or Repulsed?
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I appreciate what they are trying to do with keeping everyone updated to the second on new developments, and make sure they are informing people turning on the channel at different times during the day, but sometimes it seems to really push itself into the 'overkill' catagory.
Make it the headline, and give the details and highlights of the story every 15-20 minutes or so, fine. But do not spend every single airtime second rehashing the same details and information over and over and over, and try to break the monotony of repeating the same thing by interviewing 15 people an hour who had nothing to do with the event, but happen to work in law enforcement, or in a courthouse 12 states away, just to get their view and opinion on what happened. Honestly, who cares? I want to hear from those directly involved, and I was quick, informed details. Not speculation, and certainly not 55 minutes of every hour spent on that speculation.
I watch CNN Headline News quite a bit. Probably a good 2 hours out of every day. But you learn that they cover all the big headlines in about 15 minutes time, and then spend the rest of the time on meaningless drivel or gossip issues. Then they repeat the pattern. So you adapt yourself by watching 30 minutes at a time at different times during the day.
In cases like the current headline, with Brian Nichols and the Atlanta shootings, they have moved well into overkill. They do not need to spend every waking moment for a 30 hour period discussing this story and this story alone, neglecting all other news. Especially when there are no new developments and they are killing time by talking to every pedestrian in the street to hear them describe what they saw in their own words. Blegh.
Mimi
Make it the headline, and give the details and highlights of the story every 15-20 minutes or so, fine. But do not spend every single airtime second rehashing the same details and information over and over and over, and try to break the monotony of repeating the same thing by interviewing 15 people an hour who had nothing to do with the event, but happen to work in law enforcement, or in a courthouse 12 states away, just to get their view and opinion on what happened. Honestly, who cares? I want to hear from those directly involved, and I was quick, informed details. Not speculation, and certainly not 55 minutes of every hour spent on that speculation.
I watch CNN Headline News quite a bit. Probably a good 2 hours out of every day. But you learn that they cover all the big headlines in about 15 minutes time, and then spend the rest of the time on meaningless drivel or gossip issues. Then they repeat the pattern. So you adapt yourself by watching 30 minutes at a time at different times during the day.
In cases like the current headline, with Brian Nichols and the Atlanta shootings, they have moved well into overkill. They do not need to spend every waking moment for a 30 hour period discussing this story and this story alone, neglecting all other news. Especially when there are no new developments and they are killing time by talking to every pedestrian in the street to hear them describe what they saw in their own words. Blegh.
Mimi
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Hmm...I agree with all these sentiments. However, for those of you old enough to have been conscious at the time, consider OJ. Remember what that was like for two and a half years? Two and a half years of twenty four seven wall to wall coverage, everything from bloody gloves to Marcia Clark's attire to Kato Kaelin to "I don't wear those ugly ass shoes" to Jay Leno's troupe of dancing Judge Itos. Remember how you just wanted to bury your head in the sand, wishing it would all go away?
CNN longs for the return of all that. Something to think about.
CNN longs for the return of all that. Something to think about.
As much as I hate the news using such stories for ratings, I found it very necessary because the shooter was still at large. Every second would be useful in catchng this scumbag. I was only hoping that he would have been killed, sparing another long and drawn out court proceeding. This low life doesn't deserve to spend another day on this earth. 
The way the news is is the result of our Government allowing large media conglomorates to buy out and take over the TV and cable networks, leaving virtually no independent voices left to present alternative views and perspectives of the world's events. Anyone remember the "embedded journalists" covering the war in Iraq? I hope I'm not going off too much in a political tangent, but this shameless takeover of the news showed itself by having major media outlets(i.e. CNN,MSNBC,Fox,etc.)totally ignoring the story of counterfeit White House reporter Jeff Gannon a.k.a. James Guckert. It seems to me that people will fall for anything these days, since they fail to think for themselves anymore.
Just my personal opinion.
Just my personal opinion.
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MAJ0718 said:
Good points... there's also the problem of American media often focusing too much on ratings. We cover Michael Jackson 24/7, but we don't care about the genocide going on in various African countries. The BBC is far more comprehensive in its coverage than just about anything I've seen on American channels. NPR is about the only American media outlet that seems to truly have a global focus...
