What Do You Think About The News?

[Seil]

And I don't mean "Tucker Carlson's an asshole," or "O'Riely can do something very inappropriate." I'm talking about news in general, from magazines, to newpapers, to TV and Radio... whatever.

I heard today about Cheque-book Journalism:

chequebook journalism
n
(Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) the practice of securing exclusive rights to material for newspaper stories by paying a high price for it, regardless of any moral implications such as paying people to boast of criminal or morally reprehensible activities

Now, I've heard that CBJ is illegal, as you can't really pay someone for information and exclusive rights to a news story, or something to that effect, so corporations have been getting around it by stating that they're paying individuals for "Photographs," and "Cell-phone videos."

And there's a quote from Cracked:

This wasn't as much a problem in the old days, of course. Some of us remember having only three channels on TV. That's right. Three. We're talking about the '80s here. So there was something unifying in the way we all sat down to watch the same news, all of it coming from the same point of view. Even if the point of view was retarded and wrong, even if some stories went criminally unreported, we at least all shared it.

That's over. There effectively is no "mass media" any more so, where before we disagreed because we saw the same news and interpreted it differently, now we disagree because we're seeing completely different freaking news. When we can't even agree on the basic facts, the differences become irreconcilable. That constant feeling of being at bitter odds with the rest of the world brings with it a tension that just builds and builds.

Which is true, I think. So why is it that when you hear a news story on CNN, then on FOX, then on local news, why do they have a different story? Michael Moore is talking about how "greed killed the newspapers.

[Aklyon]

Originally Posted by Seil

when you hear a news story on CNN, then on FOX, then on local news, why do they have a different story?

do you really want to hear the same thing thrice? they know repeating themselves isn't intresting, so they make it different.

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Aklyon

do you really want to hear the same thing thrice? they know repeating themselves isn't intresting, so they make it different.

Or in Fox's case, make shit up and put so much spin on things you'd think the coming of Christ was an invasion of baby-eating, incomprehensible horrors.

[Pip Boy]

Somehow I always looked at Fox as less of a news source and more as the worlds largest Poe's Law in-joke.

[Krylo]

I don't watch news.

I just browse internet forums and let people that DO watch the news inform me of what to be outraged about.

It's like watching the news, except I don't have to put up with pundits or human interests stories.

Plus I have more time to watch cartoons.

[Funka Genocide]

Originally Posted by Krylo

I don't watch news.

I just browse internet forums and let people that DO watch the news inform me of what to be outraged about.

It's like watching the news, except I don't have to put up with pundits or human interests stories.

Plus I have more time to watch cartoons.

Not only do I not watch the news, I don't even make my own posts half the time. Krylo does it for me.

[Donomni]

Originally Posted by Funka Genocide

Not only do I not watch the news, I don't even make my own posts half the time. Krylo does it for me.

This is so true it hurts. Ow.

[Premmy]

Dammit Krylo. You know I hate your ass why do stuff I agree with?

[Jagos]

He does it for teh lulz?

Also, the news is awesome sometimes.

[Krylo]

Originally Posted by Jagos

Also, the news is awesome sometimes.

Yeah, and that's the second time someone has posted it on a forum I go to.

My method works.

RE: IQ

Ironically, I'd be more inclined to watch the news if it WAS in the business of delivering news to me instead of trying to get me to watch it with boring shit that it thinks I should like.