Tuesday, March 3, 2009
News: Read it or Watch it?
I find myself to be more or less bothered by the subjectivity of news on tv. I know its difficult to be subjective, period, but numerous times I've seen examples of TV news so desperate for their scoop that they don't bother verifying facts and just air whats easy to come by. This frustrates me...it seems that paper news has more hanging in the balance and has to go through a little more trouble to make sure they dont report incorrect information (their jobs as reporters, the reputation of the paper, etc.) The news on television has so much going on at the same time, all the time, that they dont have to bother correcting mistakes, and that frustrates me that someone else thinks they should tell me what is important. It really feels like someone reading a paper and telling me what they thought about it more than it does giving me all the information possible. Its a lot more difficult to misunderstand printed news. [/rant].
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