I realized again, this evening, that my faith in the American public (on the whole) is shattered on a [week]daily basis. This is one of those things that makes me wish we were less of a free nation. The network news organizations (if you can stretch that term enough) have finally done exactly the opposite of what they set out to do: they now fail to report the news to the public.
When I turn on one of the major networks (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc), I expect to see local, national, and international happenings, but lately, I see news on what Perez Hilton is doing or what crap happened at the Teen Choice awards. I don't care about that stuff, it's better suited for TMZ.com (which also shouldn't be given a time-slot on television either, by the way). Those "news" organizations are for entertainment news, not for actual news. I want Fox to cancel their entire news for the day, and begin giving the government 30 minutes of un-interrupted (non-commercial) time for them to essentially read what pressing stuff that matters. You know, what the great Walter Cronkite did in the glory days of American news. Nowadays, the only "free" culture in the world that reports actual news and not 90% fluff pieces is the BBC...GOVERNMENT RUN NEWS.
If you know me at all, you know how opposed to government run anythings I normally am, so why the turn for the news? Because, we as a people have strayed so far from the path of actual news that I think the government's press offices would be better suited to give us a 30 minute broadcast of their making and the private news can stay on cable/satellite for the 24-hour-coverage of what new crazy person is MJ's children's parents. I don't care about that crap.
That's enough about all that, but what do you think (all three of you)?
[kyle]
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If we had government run news, watergate wouldn't have happened... The impeachment of Clinton wouldn't have happened... The tremendous outpouring of support wouldn't have happened for major disasters. Soviet Russia had state run media. China has state run media. It turns into a sort of brainwashing effect. If there is only one opinion being presented the gullible public would easily hand over all civil liberties to this socialist administration.
It has been motioned by K Cole that the network news sucks (generally only reporting mindless crap). The motion is seconded by B White. Discussion? No... Question? All in favor... Aye.
The BBC works; I also like the Reuters feed on the net.
I believe the notion put forward here is to have government run in addition to the crap news already present. If I am reading you correctly Mr. Cole.
I would agree, I feel that media has gotten too distracted by irrelevant nonsense that has no bearing on what our news should actually cover. Although, I think this is a long standing problem that has yet to go away, rather then something new.
In controversy to Mr Marcos here, the "impeachment" of Clinton is a perfect example. Rather then focusing on the issues that really mattered in that case all we ever heard was nonsense of the "sex scandal" which have no bearing on political content whatsoever, and in the end very little bearing on the real issue of the case; lying under oath.
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