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I live in the Atlanta metro area in Cherokee county and I hear advertisements every morning on the radio for WSBTV Channel 2 Action News on my way to work. I've never recalled a news station, either local, state, or national for that matter, advertise as much as they have, and what they do advertise for seems extremely tabloid and sensational in nature. They're always talking about "investigating" corrupt city officials and organizations and "discovering" where your tax dollars are wasted. Every day it's a different "investigation" that miraculously yields some revelation about Atlanta public workers and officials. They always end with "Join Justin Farmer and Jovita Moore as they uncover the truth on WSBTV's Channel 2 Action News. Coverage you can count on."
Ordinarily, I might be interested in these stories if they were few and far between making it seem like they really uncovered something and were being upfront and honest about it, but when it's daily routine and they're constantly talking about how every public worker or official is guilty of something and how we should be outraged by this "news," it comes off as tabloid material I'd expect from grocery store magazines and celebrity gossip mostly to boost ratings, compromising their credibility. I don't even recall them ever doing advertisements for non-rumor or gossip type stories, like public events, charities, schools, etc. It's always "Look what we uncovered! Crime and corruption! Tune in and find out!" Can anybody confirm this?
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Credibility and trustworthiness depend on what you are looking for in the news. It sounds like for what you are interested in (public events and less "crime and corruption" types of stories), channel 11 WXIA might actually be more what catches your attention.
However, as far as I've seen, all the stations, when reporting on the same stories, are about the same. Channel 2 does do more stories in Cherokee County than the other stations, though. They tend to be out in the western suburbs more than the other stations. Channel 5 (Fox) stays more in Fulton, Gwinnett, and DeKalb Counties. The other stations have their areas they seem to do the majority of their reporting from, as well. They all go to anywhere, but they have areas they report on more often; presumably due to the location of their station.
Credibility and trustworthiness depend on what you are looking for in the news. It sounds like for what you are interested in (public events and less "crime and corruption" types of stories), channel 11 WXIA might actually be more what catches your attention.
However, as far as I've seen, all the stations, when reporting on the same stories, are about the same. Channel 2 does do more stories in Cherokee County than the other stations, though. They tend to be out in the western suburbs more than the other stations. Channel 5 (Fox) stays more in Fulton, Gwinnett, and DeKalb Counties. The other stations have their areas they seem to do the majority of their reporting from, as well. They all go to anywhere, but they have areas they report on more often; presumably due to the location of their station.
Did people not criticize celebrities much until roughly 2002?
I think over recent years we've started hating on celebrities more than we used to. I'm not sure though because I'm not very old. Did we chirp celebs all the time like we kind of do now back in say, 1995? I know Madonna did all kinds of crazy stuff in the 80s, but I wonder if people saw her like we see Lindsay Lohan now? But the bad press of celebrities tends to be forgotten over time, so maybe that's why.
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There has been bad press and celebrity criticizing and gossip since the 1920's silent film stars
It's nothing new at all - it's just that media communication is more easily available and widespread so rumors get started and spread more quickly
There has been bad press and celebrity criticizing and gossip since the 1920's silent film stars
It's nothing new at all - it's just that media communication is more easily available and widespread so rumors get started and spread more quickly
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