Finding the news...
Mar. 22nd, 2011 06:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisI mentioned in an entry last week my frustration with TV news reporting. Specifically with news reporters and anchors who not only tell me their opinions but tell me what mine should be, too. And, spend so much time and effort doing this that they have precious little time to deliver me the news.
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gailbird mentioned her appreciation for BBC new reporting which got me thinking and looking. I discovered that my local public radio station has a nice 2 hour block of national and business news that is not only interesting but also nearly commercial free. I have TiVo set for 2 hours of local news and then this public TV news. I've taken to watching the public TV news pretty much real time and then scanning through the local coverage for the 10-15 minutes of real news that's hidden in the 2 hours.
It's working out quite nicely. And I'm getting a far richer news experience. I am finding, however, that I have to pay closer attention. My ear, particularly, is trained to focus only when the voices sound urgent. Public TV news does not do urgent. It's refreshing and I'm learning how to take it in.
There's a lot of interesting stuff going on in the world that commercial news stations just don't have the time and energy to report what with all the wailing and scaring and sanctimonious carrying on they do.
gailbird mentioned her appreciation for BBC new reporting which got me thinking and looking. I discovered that my local public radio station has a nice 2 hour block of national and business news that is not only interesting but also nearly commercial free. I have TiVo set for 2 hours of local news and then this public TV news. I've taken to watching the public TV news pretty much real time and then scanning through the local coverage for the 10-15 minutes of real news that's hidden in the 2 hours.It's working out quite nicely. And I'm getting a far richer news experience. I am finding, however, that I have to pay closer attention. My ear, particularly, is trained to focus only when the voices sound urgent. Public TV news does not do urgent. It's refreshing and I'm learning how to take it in.
There's a lot of interesting stuff going on in the world that commercial news stations just don't have the time and energy to report what with all the wailing and scaring and sanctimonious carrying on they do.
