tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post2372654842315296383..comments2024-03-14T04:07:39.792-07:00Comments on Earl Pomerantz: Just Thinking...: "When Cable News Actually Broadcasts Some News"Earl Pomerantzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16963705121297866334noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-78308889169884303232016-10-26T12:34:53.459-07:002016-10-26T12:34:53.459-07:00A couple of things about cable news:
I’m always a...A couple of things about cable news: <br />I’m always amazed that in those few instances when an actual information-laden conversation is happening (often on Joy Reid’s MSNBC slot), it is stopped – often mid-sentence – because they are “running out of time”. It’s 24 hour news! That’s lots of time!<br />Also, after sitting through what is maybe the millionth time the same story is played/discussed…I find myself wondering, is the only news in the world American News? <br />When the Brexit vote went so incredibly sideways, I’m sure that there was no regular cable news- watcher who had any idea of what Brexit was.<br />There’s lots of news in the world…not just in the America.<br />Also.<br />I’m a big fan of Alex Wagner. Alannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7823625636675642409.post-20065952485668294052016-10-26T10:58:37.476-07:002016-10-26T10:58:37.476-07:00My son is convinced that the 24-hour cable news ch...My son is convinced that the 24-hour cable news channels and even our local news stations are actually pleased when reports of hurricanes or huge fires start to arrive. He says they're relieved they won't have to worry about what to talk about for a few days. But they seem so empathetic while they're reporting on it. Surely it can't be true.<br /><br />One of the sillier things our local news stations do is on the first snow, and any time there is more than a few inches of accumulation, at least five or six reporters MUST sent out to various locations around the area to "report" on the conditions there. The requisites are that a snowball MUST be made (and often thrown at the cameraman) and someone must be interviewed. It's best if the person being interviewed is either wearing something funny or is especially attractive.<br /><br />And this being New England, there MUST be a picture shown of Tom Brady playing with his kids in the snow. The newscast CANNOT end until that has happened.<br />JEDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07538398157297345338noreply@blogger.com