I couldn't agree more with you Kevin. My 70+ year old mother-in-law who lives with us is a news junkie, flipping between channels throughout the day. She thinks this gives her a balanced view.
I keep explaining to her that it sensationalizes everything and tries to make you scared and anxious so you'll keep watching. She thinks it keeps her informed. Hearing her talk about what's going on with the protests is aggravating because it's all just the line from the police. She's so scared she didn't want to go outside the house yesterday afternoon just to feed the neighborhood cats. And there weren't any protests, or riots, within a five mile radius of us. Her favorite line when I tell her that she's not getting the full or correct picture is that "she saw it with her own eyes on TV." The power behind TV news with its visual images is something that should be handled far more responsibly. It shouldn't be used to scare people and make them anxious. It shouldn't just repeat what the government and big corporations say. It should have actual reporting. I know this isn't the profitable way to do things, so maybe it needs to be taken out of the realm of capitalism in some way so profit isn't the only motive behind how the news operates (this last part, of course, could be said about all forms of news media nowadays). -- David Risner www.risner.org On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:55 PM Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 4:54 PM Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> > wrote: > >> >> >> > On Jun 1, 2020, at 4:51 PM, Kevin M. <drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > But one assumes the pickings are slim over at CBS2/KCAL9. A note for >> those not living in the LA area: Two rival TV stations share the same news >> team for budget reasons... >> >> They aren't rivals per se -- they're both owned by CBS. > > > They still compete for ratings and advertising dollars > > >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6007FEE5-22F4-44D4-9D72-CD8D6223AA9D%40ellwanger.tv >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C6tdoz5G8FJ_Eu5G6vqqN7Zjrt82ncdmbLkV-P2Tkjtg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4C6tdoz5G8FJ_Eu5G6vqqN7Zjrt82ncdmbLkV-P2Tkjtg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAOpQxEh7CN9kyC_U_vxn2bHp-2S0yaRO_UkRLLvzfVm7iC0_aQ%40mail.gmail.com.
