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BBC America versus U.S. TV Newscasts

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Mark Giardina

What a difference between what the BBC broadcasts versus ABC and other American news organizations.

Tonight for example the BBC lead was the continuing violence in Syria. ABC featured a story about some guy jumping off Mt. Everest in some bird-like concoction.

BBC anchors just provides the lead to a report and then moves on to the next story with no commentary, while Diane Sawyer has to add her little 'comments' after each report.

Just some food for thought.
 
Hard news doesn't get very good ratings in the US. The average American can no longer comprehend, no desires to understand the intricacies of Syria. We want to know about Charlie Sheen's latest psychotic episode.

The new CBS This Morning does an excellent presentation of the morning's news (domestic and international). However, few people are watching -- because they're not talking about the latest disappearance of a young blonde woman. Let's face it...Gayle King just doesn't emote as well as Ann Curry.
 
I give the American public more credit than consultants and Madison Avenue executives do when it comes to what has been termed "hard news."

It is the networks that are dumbing down news content to shorter stories in order to make room for more commercials. It is the networks that have virtually abandoned their overseas bureaus and laid off thousands of workers over the years just to create a better profit margin.

I truly believe that many Americans, like myself, are interested in good hard news; which is one reason for example that the audience for NPR has increased over the years while many commercial radio stations have either abandoned news altogether or carry 3 minutes of network news which consists mostly of the same material used by their TV counterparts.

Yes it is a fact that TMZ, GMA and other shows are more entertainment oriented versus offering (again I use that term) hard news.

CBS This Morning might not have the ratings of a GMA, but that's do in large part to the fact that over the years CBS executives have revamped that show so many times that it drove away what audience it did have. Hopefully the brass at CBS will give this new format a chance to work.
 
Mark_Giardina said:
What a difference between what the BBC broadcasts versus ABC and other American news organizations.

Tonight for example the BBC lead was the continuing violence in Syria. ABC featured a story about some guy jumping off Mt. Everest in some bird-like concoction.

BBC anchors just provides the lead to a report and then moves on to the next story with no commentary, while Diane Sawyer has to add her little 'comments' after each report.

Just some food for thought.



I agree 100%
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BBC has a wide network of correspondents around the globe to assist in gathering "real" news.

American networks generally don't. To use CBS as an example, I believe they have 8 worldwide bureaus: Moscow, London, Rome, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg (list could be out of date). Decades ago, CBS also had bureaus in Kiev, West Germany, Paris, Cairo, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Toronto and probably a few I'm forgetting.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
BBC has a wide network of correspondents around the globe to assist in gathering "real" news.

American networks generally don't. To use CBS as an example, I believe they have 8 worldwide bureaus: Moscow, London, Rome, Tel Aviv, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, and Johannesburg (list could be out of date). Decades ago, CBS also had bureaus in Kiev, West Germany, Paris, Cairo, Moscow, Buenos Aires, Toronto and probably a few I'm forgetting.
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CBS did have a Philippine Bureau in the 1980's during the People Power Movement. But I do know that Egypt and Syria has been mentioned as CBS News bureaus as of 2011-2012 for the "Arab Spring" Movements.
 
formeraa said:
Hard news doesn't get very good ratings in the US. The average American can no longer comprehend, no desires to understand the intricacies of Syria. We want to know about Charlie Sheen's latest psychotic episode.

The new CBS This Morning does an excellent presentation of the morning's news (domestic and international). However, few people are watching -- because they're not talking about the latest disappearance of a young blonde woman. Let's face it...Gayle King just doesn't emote as well as Ann Curry.
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I watch the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelly and he and staff members attempt to bring back the Walter Cronkite style of news back to the network. But I do know that PBS Newshour is the most comparable one to BBC News.

Have you seen the Daily Show The Average American don't watch Hard News anymore because of how Fox News, MSNBC twist hard news to fit a certain political agenda. Also these 2 networks have been called out by Jon's Media experts as propaganda Networks. I've seen clips of MSNBC Pundits and Fox News Pundits and these people look more psychotic than Charlie Sheen or any Hollywood Celebrity.
 
recto101 said:
I watch the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelly and he and staff members attempt to bring back the Walter Cronkite style of news back to the network. But I do know that PBS Newshour is the most comparable one to BBC News.
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I've watched Scott Pelley once or twice and enjoy both his delivery of the news and the fact he doesn't add his own personal comments after each story.

Unfortunately for me my wife enjoys watching ABC News because she likes their field reporters.
So I end up having to watch Diane Sawyer ::)
 
^I used to enjoy Scott Pelley's delivery of the news also before I realized many news agencies such as CBS News were once again deceiving their audiences about the campaigns for the presidency of the United States. I have not watched an entire edition of "The CBS Evening News", "World News", and "NBC Nightly News" in months as a result of this realization.
 
^They still do, normally between 4:00 AM and 7:00 AM (Central) Monday through Friday.
 
...here in the Los Angeles market, KCET/28 carries BBC World News, Newsline from Japan's NHK, Al Jazeera English and IBA News from Israel (interestingly, the latter two back-to-back at 4:00 and 4:30 PM weekdays). (I don't know if this is as a result of the station's dropping its PBS affiliation, or if they were carrying the programs prior to the break.) All four imports make ABC, NBC and CBS look like Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood by comparison...
 
UNC-TV carries "BBC World News" at 5:30 PM.

I remember during the runup to our going into Iraq in 2003,
I'd listen to the BBC's radio newscasts. They minced no
words about the country's opposition to Tony Blair's
support of George W. Bush. I don't recall the American
networks making much mention of opinion in the UK.
 
bpatrick said:
UNC-TV carries "BBC World News" at 5:30 PM.

I remember during the runup to our going into Iraq in 2003,
I'd listen to the BBC's radio newscasts. They minced no
words about the country's opposition to Tony Blair's
support of George W. Bush. I don't recall the American
networks making much mention of opinion in the UK.
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I know Free Speech TV, LinkTV and Pacifica radio would air Democracy Now and they showed global opposition to the Iraq war.
 
Mario-500 said:
^I used to enjoy Scott Pelley's delivery of the news also before I realized many news agencies such as CBS News were once again deceiving their audiences about the campaigns for the presidency of the United States. I have not watched an entire edition of "The CBS Evening News", "World News", and "NBC Nightly News" in months as a result of this realization.
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I'm not sure what your statement means. Are you saying that that the CBS Evening News is pro-Obama, pro-
Romney, or what exactly?
 
^I believe some folks at news agencies such as CBS News wanted to focus more on those candidates and less on others. even the ones still campaigning, while creating their own fantasies of the race for the presidency.
 
Mark_Giardina said:
kc1ih said:
BBC America (the cable/satellite channel) stopped carrying any newscasts some time ago,
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PBS carried BBC America's newscast at 6pm Mon-Fri.
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It's best to check all of their local listings first. My PBS affiliate doesn't carry this newscast but instead carries the BBC World News at 11pm CT. However, it's preempted for this week only so it might be preempted on other PBS affiliates too.
 
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