On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 3:20 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I can imagine the potential for abuse - but the technology for delaying live > broadcasts already exists; I don't think using it on occasion makes it more > likely that it will one day be abused.
Please remember there were more than a few politicians who nodded their heads in agreement when the jackass described the internet as "a series of tubes." These dunderheads have become so detached from the rest of us they don't know what technology can do until it is thrust in their face. Let it be our little secret that the ability to delay the news exists, ok? > Well, I will stipulate as given that if they are delaying the feed by 5 > seconds, they should no longer label it as live. But when did it become the > norm for war news to be broadcast live? I would not mind if somehow a > reporter was able to broadcast footage "live" from a war zone if the > producer decided to put it on a 5 second delay in case the reporter or > someone else got shot in the head during the feed. I shouldn't need to remind you we're only on our third televised war in US history. Unlike car chases which occur with great frequency in Southern California, the playbook on broadcasting a war has yet to be written. And, as hinted at earlier, I believe that if somebody is shot in a war zone on camera, the public whose government is actively engaged us in that war has a right to see the violence firsthand. Not to invoke the late George Carlin (though his words could easily be planted on almost every aspect of this discussion), but he was one of the first to speak of how the media, through language and visuals, has softened war -- made it safe for family viewing. And this is a horrible disservice to members of the military. The last thing I want to see is a soldier shot live on TV, but if it happens in the course of a news program, it should be a crime to hide that reality from Americans. > Ironically, my understanding is that FN did have a delay on today, and the > suicide still got though, which I guess means that someone was even more > incompetent than you were thinking. Which again proves my point that we have incompetent people running TV news... and Germans love David Hasselhoff. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
