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Was it really necesary?

They've stayed with the story all day today, although they've
had the unenviable task of trying to fill time while waiting for
the jury to reach a verdict. CNN has spent most of the day
showing the most dramatic moments of the trial.
 
NECN, a.k.a. New England Cable News out of Newton, MA, will likely do the same thing once the Aaron Hernandez trial gets going.
 
With some increasingly rare exceptions it's been a long, long time since the broadcast/cable news media exercised true professionalism by selecting what they air based on what is of the greatest importance to the lives of the largest number of people. Sensationalism and gossip now trumps nearly everything else. As a result, despite having more pervasive and diverse means of communication than at any time in history, we are less informed than at any time in our history. The oppressively large forces of government and business like it that way. They carry out their agendas in the shadows while we preoccupy ourselves with trash. It's not hard to believe that the leaders of the IRS and Justice Department would much rather have us dwell on a juicy but largely irrelevant murder trial than on their latest abuses of power. It's very likely that the oil industry would much rather have us focus our attention on some Hollywood moron's romantic escapades than on the true reasons why the price of gasoline is rising sharply. This is a very sorry and dangerous state of affairs.
 
SixtiesGuy said:
With some increasingly rare exceptions it's been a long, long time since the broadcast/cable news media exercised true professionalism by selecting what they air based on what is of the greatest importance to the lives of the largest number of people. Sensationalism and gossip now trumps nearly everything else. As a result, despite having more pervasive and diverse means of communication than at any time in history, we are less informed than at any time in our history. The oppressively large forces of government and business like it that way. They carry out their agendas in the shadows while we preoccupy ourselves with trash. It's not hard to believe that the leaders of the IRS and Justice Department would much rather have us dwell on a juicy but largely irrelevant murder trial than on their latest abuses of power. It's very likely that the oil industry would much rather have us focus our attention on some Hollywood moron's romantic escapades than on the true reasons why the price of gasoline is rising sharply. This is a very sorry and dangerous state of affairs.
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To say nothing of the NSA.

Well put and exactly right. It occurred to me today that the cable nets are exactly backwards...they should be doing all those stories that are moving along the crawl at the bottom of the screen on-camera. The play-by-play of the trial should be on the crawl, with an hourly 2-minute update of the latest in the trial.
 
Not just TV. I was listening to the radio this afternoon.

"Here's the latest from ABC News:
The jury in the Travon Martin trial has taken a lunch break from its deliberations."

Ugh.
 
PTBoardOp94 said:
Not just TV. I was listening to the radio this afternoon.

"Here's the latest from ABC News:
The jury in the Travon Martin trial has taken a lunch break from its deliberations."

Ugh.
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Ah, but it was better on TV, where FOX News had a font on screen saying the jury was taking a lunch break at the same time CNN had one saying they were deliberating while they ate.

Doesn't matter either way. Tell us when there's a verdict. Meantime, tell us some important news while we wait.
 
SixtiesGuy said:
It's very likely that the oil industry would much rather have us focus our attention on some Hollywood moron's romantic escapades than on the true reasons why the price of gasoline is rising sharply. This is a very sorry and dangerous state of affairs.
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Count me as a person who cares more on the cost of gas than a jury trial broadcasted on national freaking television -- unless I was in a captive audience situation (eating at McDonald's with CNN on the TVs), I have not watched a single minute of the trial. Its things like this that's becoming the nadir of television journalism in the US -- focusing more on sensational stories that can get a sure response from viewers, instead of covering news that relates to viewers more. It's a reason why foreign newscasts looks miles better than the tripe that's on American TV today.
 
It's not so much the fact that they're covering it - remember, the Internet blew up over this when the whole thing started, maybe even before the mainstream media even caught wind of it. It's the fact that, for example, CNN was running a nightly "AC360 Special: Self-Defense or Murder?" with the most inane analysis imaginable. It's the fact that they're covering it like HLN would instead of as, you know, an actual news story.
 
Having served and suffered through jury duty three times, I really don't view court trials as "entertainment", and to my best to avoid these blown-up affairs. Why do some cases get blown-up to overhyped status when similar cases barely get a mention in the local media?

Some of you may scoff, but I for one hope the upcoming Al Jazeera America is a success. It would be nice to see what's really going in the world on outside of overrated 'trials of the century' and pundits screaming at people. I miss real news.
 
azumanga said:
SixtiesGuy said:
It's very likely that the oil industry would much rather have us focus our attention on some Hollywood moron's romantic escapades than on the true reasons why the price of gasoline is rising sharply. This is a very sorry and dangerous state of affairs.
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Count me as a person who cares more on the cost of gas than a jury trial broadcasted on national freaking television -- unless I was in a captive audience situation (eating at McDonald's with CNN on the TVs), I have not watched a single minute of the trial. Its things like this that's becoming the nadir of television journalism in the US -- focusing more on sensational stories that can get a sure response from viewers, instead of covering news that relates to viewers more. It's a reason why foreign newscasts looks miles better than the tripe that's on American TV today.
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First off, it seems like CNN is everywhere these days - From Airports to Doctor's Offices & Hospital Emergency Rooms (Yes I've seen it)

Secondly, even BBC World News had wall to wall coverage of it once the verdict was in (Checked once before the verdict was in & didn't have anything on it). Never did check WorldView as I doubt they even had coverage of it on any of its affiliated outlets & Current TV didn't even bother (Of course I shouldn't be surprised by that since its now owned by Al Jazeera & they don't have a full fledged news department in America to begin with)

That's what I saw

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
1069_KIFR said:
They didn't delve into what they ate?
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MSNBC stopped short of trying in its coverage

Incidentally it should be noted that MSNBC.....

* Pre-Empted the Season Premiere of Lockup YET AGAIN for wall to wall coverage of the trial (The first time of course was for last week's plane crash when the major developments were pretty much over by 10 PM ET)

* Has THE BIGGEST Civil Rights activist in the modern era in Rev. Al Sharpton on their payroll as a host (He also covered the case developments EXTENSIVELY on his show alone. I know this because I watch it ;D )

* Is being sued by George Zimmerman for Defamation Of Character (A charge which they of course flatly deny)

Cheers & 73 ;D
 
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