When our news comes from a FB “curated” feed, twitter or, really, any type of SOCIAL media we get what we deserve.
Cable news started us off with the need to fill a 24/7 news hole. It was OK when Ted had his idea because he was the only one. In fact, I did some international travel and it was especially great to have an English language …
When our news comes from a FB “curated” feed, twitter or, really, any type of SOCIAL media we get what we deserve.
Cable news started us off with the need to fill a 24/7 news hole. It was OK when Ted had his idea because he was the only one. In fact, I did some international travel and it was especially great to have an English language news channel to watch in hotels. Then the other networks jumped on board.
At least when print newspapers were a primary source you could tell the NYT or USA Today from the sensational rags, if for no other reason than where they were placed in store; the rags all purchased space in the checkout line. It was easier to recognize fact checked news because there were real editors separate from advertising and circulation.
Now, anyone can have a website that looks legitimate.
These 4 paragraphs are so important to read and absorb. We also need more critical thinking!
We also need more thoughtful thinking. I remember the days of Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. Now, that was how news was done and should be done today. No drama, just the facts. At the beginning, they actually had the nightly news done in 15 minutes. Then we viewers turned the TV off and went out to socialize (face to face naturally). Eventually, news was expanded to 30 minutes and then, of course, cable news, twitter and so forth. I was raised by reading the Christian Science Monitor. you do not hear much about that newspaper anymore but back in the day, it was highly respected with extraordinarily well-written articles.
When our news comes from a FB “curated” feed, twitter or, really, any type of SOCIAL media we get what we deserve.
Cable news started us off with the need to fill a 24/7 news hole. It was OK when Ted had his idea because he was the only one. In fact, I did some international travel and it was especially great to have an English language news channel to watch in hotels. Then the other networks jumped on board.
At least when print newspapers were a primary source you could tell the NYT or USA Today from the sensational rags, if for no other reason than where they were placed in store; the rags all purchased space in the checkout line. It was easier to recognize fact checked news because there were real editors separate from advertising and circulation.
Now, anyone can have a website that looks legitimate.
These 4 paragraphs are so important to read and absorb. We also need more critical thinking!
We also need more thoughtful thinking. I remember the days of Walter Cronkite and Huntley and Brinkley. Now, that was how news was done and should be done today. No drama, just the facts. At the beginning, they actually had the nightly news done in 15 minutes. Then we viewers turned the TV off and went out to socialize (face to face naturally). Eventually, news was expanded to 30 minutes and then, of course, cable news, twitter and so forth. I was raised by reading the Christian Science Monitor. you do not hear much about that newspaper anymore but back in the day, it was highly respected with extraordinarily well-written articles.