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Really In-Depth Investigative Reporting

Come on here, Its not a surprise that commercial TV News does that. "Supermarket Conveyor Belts - How Clean are they?" That's lame topic I know that E.coli and other food pathogens from Meat and Vegetables leave the conveyor belts. Its that some of the Commercial Stations import their audience from TMZ.

I'm Not surprised that people go to BBC News, Al-Jazeera News, PBS Newshour, PBS Frontline, PBS POV, PBS NPR News/Talk and Local PBS/NPR affiliates to get better Investigative stories, Investigative movies from Propublica and Centers for Investigative reporting for better Topics such as The Political debate over farming conditions. Political corruption, War, Domestic issues. Development of the Embarcadero.
 
You need to put this in perspective, MarcB.

When you consider that local news wastes much more time on the comings and goings of Miley Cyrus and Lindsay Lohan; supermarket conveyor belts loom pretty large in importance. I could conceivably get sick from germs and pathogens being spread from the conveyor belt to the items I buy. That effects me a lot more than Lohan's latest arrest, or where Miley's tongue has been.
 
Just when I start to lose faith in journalism I'll watch Frontline on PBS and remember that real investigative journalism does still exist.

Frontline's episode on the NFL's concussion "problem" was powerful reporting.
 
Robnoxious said:
Just when I start to lose faith in journalism I'll watch Frontline on PBS and remember that real investigative journalism does still exist.

Frontline's episode on the NFL's concussion "problem" was powerful reporting.
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Well Al-Jazeera and Capital Public Radio(NPR Affiliate) in Sacramento did an investigative story on a California State Senator accused of Corruption. the State Senator got bribe money from San Gabriel Valley over water deals and other stuff. That was also powerful. Just don't expect CNN, Fox, MSNBC, HLN and TMZ to offer investigative stories.
 
Isn't there just some big list of topics that all stations use for ratings periods, and it just gets passed around forever? ;)
 
kenglish said:
Isn't there just some big list of topics that all stations use for ratings periods, and it just gets passed around forever? ;)
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Sure seems like it, and they mostly involve "is your _______ dangerous?"

One of my local stations did "is your house haunted? is your landlord or realtor required to disclose that to you?" since the sweeps started on Halloween night.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
Sure seems like it, and they mostly involve "is your _______ dangerous?"

One of my local stations did "is your house haunted? is your landlord or realtor required to disclose that to you?" since the sweeps started on Halloween night.
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The house where I'm living now isn't haunted, but 2002-2004 I was involved with an AM radio station in town that was haunted by a ghost cat. The station was WNTY and one of the previous owner's of the station had a cat named WiNTY that stayed at the station. WiNTY was the station's mascot. When he died they buried him somewhere on the station's property. Several people myself included have seen the ghost of WiNTY the cat when we've been at the station at night. I swear on my life we were all "straight" and not whacked out on something.
 
MarcB said:
The house where I'm living now isn't haunted, but 2002-2004 I was involved with an AM radio station in town that was haunted by a ghost cat. The station was WNTY and one of the previous owner's of the station had a cat named WiNTY that stayed at the station. WiNTY was the station's mascot. When he died they buried him somewhere on the station's property. Several people myself included have seen the ghost of WiNTY the cat when we've been at the station at night. I swear on my life we were all "straight" and not whacked out on something.
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Time to cue up Robert Stack and the Unsolved Mysteries theme?? :-o
 
kenglish said:
Isn't there just some big list of topics that all stations use for ratings periods, and it just gets passed around forever? ;)
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Yes, but it basically is two issues..."What will/may kill you/your child" and "How to get bigger breasts"
 
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