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I really was hoping for hard facts about Katrina, like how much money was donated by who, and where it went. I can form my own emotions about facts. Instead it's Jimmy in 7th grade giving an I-report on how life sucks 2 years later, with Sue Smith, age 70 saying she lives in a tent. NO WONDER headline news shows will die along with The Weekly World News and The Bush Administration. HELLO.........we want facts, not pre-digested emotions soft-soaped like a mother bird feeding a baby. For Anger...choose O'riledly for an hour or the grace. For soft-soap pity..try the make-up heir or dobbs in a made up "situation" room. NO THANKS......give me facts...I'll form my own emotions, thank you.
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If you want hard facts on an event that happened two years ago, you're better off looking them up online. The media normally doesn't like to give out stats and figures, because most of the time such things confuse people. Especially since this is old news, hard facts are hard to come by. This is why you're getting more soft news on Katrina then the hard news you're looking for.
The other thing you must realize is that you're an exception to what the vast majority of the public wants. Most Americans expect the media to cover this soft news, or Hollywood news, or to cover other things that aren't important. Really, we hate covering it too. If I have to see one more good reoprter be forced to waste their talents covering American Idol, I'm going to start slapping people. Most people don't want just the cold, hard facts, and if we just aired that, then even fewer people would watch the news.
Also, the media really isn't supposed to provide just cold, hard facts. If that's what you're looking for, the internet is a great resource. The media has always tried to capture the human element, because a) consumers want us to cover it and b) it's what keeps us unique from encyclopedias or other straight fact sources.
Finally, I disagree that the media is telling you what to think, or that we're telling you how you should feel about the news. When we report on human intrest stories, at the end, we don't tell you that you should feel sorry for the people at the end of it - that's you deciding that you feel sorry. I also highly doubt that news shows will die out for quite some time, and certianly not with the Bush administration.
In short, don't expect the media to cover things that it never has, or that our consumers don't want us to cover. Please stop supporting media hate. We're not trying to brainwash you or tell you how to feel. We're just out to serve the public by providing our consumers the news they want to hear as well as the news they should know about.
If you want hard facts on an event that happened two years ago, you're better off looking them up online. The media normally doesn't like to give out stats and figures, because most of the time such things confuse people. Especially since this is old news, hard facts are hard to come by. This is why you're getting more soft news on Katrina then the hard news you're looking for.
The other thing you must realize is that you're an exception to what the vast majority of the public wants. Most Americans expect the media to cover this soft news, or Hollywood news, or to cover other things that aren't important. Really, we hate covering it too. If I have to see one more good reoprter be forced to waste their talents covering American Idol, I'm going to start slapping people. Most people don't want just the cold, hard facts, and if we just aired that, then even fewer people would watch the news.
Also, the media really isn't supposed to provide just cold, hard facts. If that's what you're looking for, the internet is a great resource. The media has always tried to capture the human element, because a) consumers want us to cover it and b) it's what keeps us unique from encyclopedias or other straight fact sources.
Finally, I disagree that the media is telling you what to think, or that we're telling you how you should feel about the news. When we report on human intrest stories, at the end, we don't tell you that you should feel sorry for the people at the end of it - that's you deciding that you feel sorry. I also highly doubt that news shows will die out for quite some time, and certianly not with the Bush administration.
In short, don't expect the media to cover things that it never has, or that our consumers don't want us to cover. Please stop supporting media hate. We're not trying to brainwash you or tell you how to feel. We're just out to serve the public by providing our consumers the news they want to hear as well as the news they should know about.
The TV/ Movies screenwriters strike, does this include soap writers?
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I read the article in Yahoo news and it mentioned that late night shows would be hard hit first. I wondered if soap writers were striking too. I love my GH! I mean they are on everyday, one would think that they would be hard hit if those writers were to go on strike!
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soaps will be affected though we won't notice anything for awhile- soap generally film episodes 3 weeks in Advance of their airing and they have some scripts stockpiled for a few weeks-if the strike goes on longer than 2 months then things may change
soaps will be affected though we won't notice anything for awhile- soap generally film episodes 3 weeks in Advance of their airing and they have some scripts stockpiled for a few weeks-if the strike goes on longer than 2 months then things may change
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