18th June 2005, 10:26 PM
Quote:You know, the news on the actual broadcast stations tend to be much better than their 24 hour (retarded) cousins. It may just be that there just isn't enough interesting news to fill a 24 hour period... Or, maybe they just don't report stuff that won't get high ratings...
I know what you mean... I don't think CNN for instance is worthless, though... I like to watch the channel. But I understand the criticism and think it's mostly correct... they definitely do waste a lot of time on trivial or barely newsworthy issues, that are often far less newsworthy than other (more important) stories... and yeah, ratings -- and trying to anticipate what "the average American" wants -- seem to drive them, not reporting what is most important to report... but even so, just because they're on all the time means that they do end up giving you more news, even if a lot of it isn't too helpful.