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bostonmusicman
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I saw Charles Gibson on right up until Dancing with the Stars here in Boston... I presume he's continuing coverage online or something.
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Shooting At Virginia Tech University
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searadiofreak
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I think this board is a good place to discuss media coverage of this major story, but speculating about how VT football will be presented, and taking an attitude of "this doesn't concern me" is cold and callous.
This was the biggest mass-shooting in the history of the U.S. for gawd sakes. Have some compassion.
From a media standpoint, CNN seems to be a bit more intense on the story than Fox News and MSNBC, but not by much.
The Don Imus story is over, done.
Most importantly, prayers to the victims and families of those involved with this tragedy today.
This was the biggest mass-shooting in the history of the U.S. for gawd sakes. Have some compassion.
From a media standpoint, CNN seems to be a bit more intense on the story than Fox News and MSNBC, but not by much.
The Don Imus story is over, done.
Most importantly, prayers to the victims and families of those involved with this tragedy today.
Re: Coverage of shooting At Virginia Tech University
WSB-TV Atlanta sent a reporter to Blacksburg. I don't know about Cox sister WSOC Charlotte (closer to the scene, could have done a pool report for all of the Cox stations, I say this because WSB relied on a reporter from sister WHIO Dayton for Ohio-based coverage during the Bluffton University bus crash last month, which occured only about a mile from the WSB studios).
As far as I know, local stations here in Atlanta stuck with normal programming except for network cut-ins.
toby said:
WSB-TV Atlanta sent a reporter to Blacksburg. I don't know about Cox sister WSOC Charlotte (closer to the scene, could have done a pool report for all of the Cox stations, I say this because WSB relied on a reporter from sister WHIO Dayton for Ohio-based coverage during the Bluffton University bus crash last month, which occured only about a mile from the WSB studios).
As far as I know, local stations here in Atlanta stuck with normal programming except for network cut-ins.
searadiofreak said:
Thank you for your message! I was too very sad and disappointed with the news yesterday. Although mass shootings are rare, this bring back bad memories of the Colorado high school shooting in 1999 and the McDonalds shooting in 1984. This is very awful!
Yes, my prayers go to the victims, the family, and the community of Virginia Tech!
adam95 said:
Nightly News ran with "limited commercial interruption", but I don't think they went to an hour.
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E-Dub
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All networks are covering the convocation right now.
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searadiofreak
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Just curious, where is CNN's prime-time host Anderson Cooper during this story? He was off Monday, and again tonight. Hmmm...
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He was in Afghanistan preparing for a week of shows on the situation over there. As soon as the story broke, he started making his way back stateside (can't exactly get a direct flight out of there these days). He should be back on the air tonight.
What bugs me is the media constantly presents this as the biggest mass shooting. Which it is, but that is misleading, while it's the largest number by a gun it is NOT the largest death toll of a school. This happened in 1927 in Bath Michigan. A man used a series of bombs and killed 35 students in a one room school house ranging from elementary to high school. He then killed an additional 10 adults (including his wife). He was upset over the school and the rise in his property tax. But the news media HAS to used DEADLIEST SHOOTING in order to get viewers and while technically correct it's misleading. But to say it's the SECOND highest number of victims is not ratings worthy.
The news media is constantly presenting these killings as a new phenomena but it isn't. Violence existed far back even calculated cold killings like Leopold and Loeb go back decades and decades.
Now all I get on my local news is friends of relatives telling third hand information. There is nothing "news" worthy about telling me that this guy in Chicago had a friend who's brother went to Virginia Tech, not that he was killed but that he went there. Not that he was even in the building but he was just on a campus of 25,000 students. That was just on WGN-TV News. His opinion isn't news it's worthless, yet WGN is so desperate it brings on all these people who's sole function is to get on TV and be famous.
We have real issues and once again they take a back seat to sensationalism. Now we have another five minutes of a trained counselor telling parent HOW to talk to their kids because "they won't know how to cope." Good grief.
The news media is constantly presenting these killings as a new phenomena but it isn't. Violence existed far back even calculated cold killings like Leopold and Loeb go back decades and decades.
Now all I get on my local news is friends of relatives telling third hand information. There is nothing "news" worthy about telling me that this guy in Chicago had a friend who's brother went to Virginia Tech, not that he was killed but that he went there. Not that he was even in the building but he was just on a campus of 25,000 students. That was just on WGN-TV News. His opinion isn't news it's worthless, yet WGN is so desperate it brings on all these people who's sole function is to get on TV and be famous.
We have real issues and once again they take a back seat to sensationalism. Now we have another five minutes of a trained counselor telling parent HOW to talk to their kids because "they won't know how to cope." Good grief.
Mark said:
That's what they do, try to find a "local connection" to a national story.
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searadiofreak
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Yes, that is correct. Local news is best when they can connect it "locally". Nothing wrong with that, in fact, good community-based programming.
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Congratulations. I strongly believe you have posted probably the most ignorant response on this board.Morgan Wick said:
Ever.
And that's a pretty tall order given the political comments that are on other aspects of this board.
Do you always think this ignorantly -- or just when posting on message boards? :
Just because it does not relate to you does not mean it's not news. Given your response, I wouldn't expect someone like you to see the bigger picture in this. Dee-dee-dee. - Status