Thursday, October 28, 2004
Why U.S. Cable News Sucks!
When I watch the "news" channels on cable TV I expect to see and hear some news. Instead all I get are talking heads, discussion shows, interviews, debate shows and opinions. What ever happened to reporting STRAIGHT NEWS? 80% of the time all that is ever on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are talking heads, "talking about the news" instead of "giving us the news".
I hardly ever see actual footage at the scene, unless it is live and the producers can transform it into a live reality TV event, like the OJ white bronco police chase.
I have been watching the Spanish Channel news even though I don't understand Spanish because they show news footage from around the world.
I am sick of discussion/debate/opinion/analysis shows when all we hear are people and pundits and hosts giving their commentary and opinions and spin on everything. I don't mind these shows but it shouldn't be all that is ever on. Thank god for CNN Headline news. A channel that will actually give you straight news when you turn it on!!
I delved into this on This post on Alarming News.
Here is part of the comment section i am referring to.
Fox is like 80% opinion show and 20% straight news. It also jumbles them together so you never know what you are watching if a layperson just flipped it to Fox News. Atleast CNN has a seperate channel that is only straight news.
Posted by: PAUL at October 22, 2004 05:29 PM
CNN's 'only news' channel is complete nonsense. I think its more biased than actual CNN. And I think most people are smarter than you give them credit for.
Posted by: Karol at October 22, 2004 09:41 PM
Karol weren't you on CNN Headline News?The opinion shows talk about the news. When a channel is 80% opinion and 20% straight news, I laugh when they claim not to be biased.
Posted by: PAUL at October 23, 2004 04:48 AM
Paul, your 80/20 statistic was made up on the spot, right? Watch Fox all day, it's more 80/20 in the other direction. Still laughing?
And I had two post a few days ago about Headline News and thei bias here and here. I was also once in the Bay News newspaper in Brooklyn, doesn't mean they don't love their Democrats. Posted by: Karol at October 23, 2004 04:11 PM
Okay Karol, I admit i made up my stats based on my channel surfing observations, so I did some research to be "fair and balanced".
Here is Fox News line up for a 24 hour period.
In a 24 hour period there is only 2 hours that can be considered straight news. Looks like I was being generous with my 80/20 stat.
When I watch the "news" channels on cable TV I expect to see and hear some news. Instead all I get are talking heads, discussion shows, interviews, debate shows and opinions. What ever happened to reporting STRAIGHT NEWS? 80% of the time all that is ever on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are talking heads, "talking about the news" instead of "giving us the news".
I hardly ever see actual footage at the scene, unless it is live and the producers can transform it into a live reality TV event, like the OJ white bronco police chase.
I have been watching the Spanish Channel news even though I don't understand Spanish because they show news footage from around the world.
I am sick of discussion/debate/opinion/analysis shows when all we hear are people and pundits and hosts giving their commentary and opinions and spin on everything. I don't mind these shows but it shouldn't be all that is ever on. Thank god for CNN Headline news. A channel that will actually give you straight news when you turn it on!!
I delved into this on This post on Alarming News.
Here is part of the comment section i am referring to.
Fox is like 80% opinion show and 20% straight news. It also jumbles them together so you never know what you are watching if a layperson just flipped it to Fox News. Atleast CNN has a seperate channel that is only straight news.
Posted by: PAUL at October 22, 2004 05:29 PM
CNN's 'only news' channel is complete nonsense. I think its more biased than actual CNN. And I think most people are smarter than you give them credit for.
Posted by: Karol at October 22, 2004 09:41 PM
Karol weren't you on CNN Headline News?The opinion shows talk about the news. When a channel is 80% opinion and 20% straight news, I laugh when they claim not to be biased.
Posted by: PAUL at October 23, 2004 04:48 AM
Paul, your 80/20 statistic was made up on the spot, right? Watch Fox all day, it's more 80/20 in the other direction. Still laughing?
And I had two post a few days ago about Headline News and thei bias here and here. I was also once in the Bay News newspaper in Brooklyn, doesn't mean they don't love their Democrats. Posted by: Karol at October 23, 2004 04:11 PM
Okay Karol, I admit i made up my stats based on my channel surfing observations, so I did some research to be "fair and balanced".
Here is Fox News line up for a 24 hour period.
In a 24 hour period there is only 2 hours that can be considered straight news. Looks like I was being generous with my 80/20 stat.
