Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Review of fox news breaking news::Where Can You Find the Latest Breaking News







Review of fox news breaking news::Where Can You Find the Latest Breaking News








MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST               I               just               wanted               to               remind               you               of               that.

After               all,               MSNBC               constantly               reminded               us               of               that               fact               during               the               last               week.

I               have               my               doubts               they               will               continue               to               remind               us.

So               I               will.
               John               Mark               Karr               got               his               fifteen               minutes               of               fame               and               then               some.

In               fact,               in               all               likelihood               this               nerd               received               more               air               time               on               the               24               hour               news               channels               than               the               genocide               in               Darfur,               the               fact               that               a               US               judge               declared               Pres.

Bush's               NSA               domestic               spying               program               unconstitutional,               or               the               report               issued               by               the               minority               members               of               the               House               Justice               Committee               providing               incontrovertible               evidence               that               the               White               House               misled               the               American               public               and               Congress               about               the               need               to               invade               Iraq.
               The               question               that               must               be               asked               at               this               point:               Is               it               time               to               shut               down               the               24               hour               news               channels?
               Quite               obviously               there               is               a               real               and               pressing               need               for               24               hour               news.

Goodness               knows,               it's               not               as               if               there               isn't               enough               going               on               in               the               world               that               24               hours               is               too               much               time               to               cover               it.

The               problem,               however,               is               that               none               of               these               24               hour               news               channels-neither               CNN,               MSNBC,               or,               especially,               Fox-cover               most               of               that               news.

Instead               of               reporting               on               substantive               events               taking               place               around               the               world,               we               get               live               updates               on               what               alcoholic               beverages               a               confessed               killer               was               served               on               board               the               plane               bringing               him               home.
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               Do               you               know               how               many               Americans               have               died               since               Pres.

Bush               declared               the               end               of               hostilities               in               Iraq               as               he               stood               beneath               a               gigantic               banner               reading,               ironically               of               course,               Mission               Accomplished?

That's               huge,               huge               news,               but               the               only               time               I               ever               see               the               figure               is               occasionally               on               a               crawl.

Thank               God               for               Keith               Olbermann,               who               should               have               been               the               one               put               in               charge               of               MSNBC               instead               of               Dan               Abrams.

Every               night               Keith               Olbermann               ends               his               show               by               reminding               us               how               many               days               it               has               been               since               the               end               of               hostilities               in               Iraq.

What               does               Dan               Abrams               do?

He               comes               down               from               the               tower               to               anchor               his               old               show               for               the               first               time               since               getting               promoted.

The               topic?

Nothing               to               do               with               Bush's               lies,               or               violence               in               the               Middle               East,               or               the               fact               that               Osama               Bin               Laden               is               STILL               on               the               loose               five               years               after               orchestrating               the               worst               terror               attack               on               America               ever.

No,               the               story               that               Abrams               deemed               important               enough               to               come               back               to               his               anchor               chair               and               conduct               hours               and               hours               of               his               investigative               skills               on               was…John               Mark               Karr               and               his               confession               to               a               crime               it               obvious               from               day               one               he               never               committed.
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               Talk               about               your               gall!

As               I'm               writing               this,               MSNBC               just               did               a               promo               for               a               story               to               be               coming               up               in               the               next               segment.

It's               about               the               Boulder,               Colorado               DA               and               the               tagline               is:               What               was               she               thinking?
               Umm…               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.

What               were               they               thinking?
               The               problem,               of               course,               is               that               24               hours               is               a               long               time               when               you               are               expected               to               provide               information               that               not               only               is               supposed               to               be               news,               but               even               more               importantly               is               supposed               to               bring               ratings.

The               24               hour               news               channels               are               not               really               in               the               business               of               providing               news,               any               more               than               the               regular               networks               are               in               the               business               of               providing               entertainment.

CNN,               MSNBC               and               Fox               are               all               in               the               business               of               selling               commercials.

But               companies               don't               pay               for               commercial               time               if               nobody's               watching.

Therefore,               each               of               the               24               hour               news               channels               must               compete               for               those               company               dollars               by               deciding               which               news-worthy               events               most               people               want               to               see.

Let's               face               it,               live               coverage               of               a               police               chase               through               the               streets               of               Houston               is               always               going               to               draw               a               bigger               audience               than               a               complex               examination               of               the               geopolitical               struggles               which               resulted               in               the               genocide               in               Darfur.

Besides,               video               of               dead               Africans               just               don't               have               the               oomph               of               some               dumbass               Texas               redneck               in               a               pickup               truck               with               a               Dale               Earnhardt               memorial               sticker               on               his               back               window               sideswiping               other               vehicles               and               nearly               running               down               pedestrians.
               Apparently,               the               24               hour               news               networks               can't               police               themselves.

They               not               only               have               the               inability               to               distinguish               what               is               important,               but               they               also               lack               the               ability               to               decide               on               the               proper               amount               of               time               to               devote               to               news.

Frankly,               I               have               nothing               wrong               with               any               of               the               news               networks               informing               people               that               Paris               Hilton               and               Lindsay               Lohan               got               into               a               catfight               in               which               clothes               were               torn               off,               but,               you               know,               give               it               thirty               seconds               and               move               on.

Same               with               John               Mark               Karr.

Yes,               breaking               news               in               the               JonBenet               Ramsey               case               is               newsworthy               now               since               it               was               the               media               in               the               first               place               that               created               the               fascination               in               what               really               amounts               to               a               child               murder               no               more               or               less               important               than               the               thousands               of               other               child               murders               committed               since               JonBenet's               death.

But               it               is               simply               deserving               of               the               coverage               it               was               granted.

Especially               since               it               became               evident               almost               within               minutes               that               there               was               no               way               in               hell               this               nerd               was               anything               other               than               an               attention               hog.
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               With               so               much               time               to               fill,               the               cable               news               networks               have               two               choices.

Either               they               can               truly               provide               a               public               service               by               cramming               in               as               much               pertinent               information               as               possible               during               any               given               24               hour               period,               or               they               can               go               for               the               advertising               bucks               and               engage               in               an               endlessly               repeating               loop               of               the               same               information               over               and               over.

Even               as               he               was               reporting               the               John               Mark               Karr               story               Dan               Abrams               admitted               that               they               really               didn't               have               much               to               report.

This               is               the               way               all               "breaking               news"               stories               go.

Whether               it's               a               courthouse               shooting,               a               plane               crash,               or               a               big               name               crime               story               the               cable               news               networks               always               play               it               the               same               way.

They               spend               hours               and               hours               of               time               on               it,               showing               the               same               footage-in               many               cases               meaningless               footage               that               lasts               less               than               a               minute               or               two-they               interview               people               who               have               no               insight,               they               ask               incredibly               stupid               questions               that               basically               require               some               sort               of               psychic               power               to               be               answered.

Then               during               the               night               they               spend               a               few               hours               with               Joe               Scarborough               or               Nancy               Grace               showing               the               exact               same               footage               they've               been               showing               all               day,               bringing               in               even               more               "experts"               who               have               even               less               insight.
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               Here's               an               idea               that's               just               crazy               enough               to               work.

When               you               have               absolutely               no               new               information               on               a               breaking               news               event,               why               don't               you               go               cover               something               else               and               then               come               back               when               you               know               something               new?

In               the               meantime,               you               can               do               a               crawl               on               the               bottom               to               update               those               who               didn't               catch               it               the               first               time               around.

Wouldn't               that               make               better               use               of               that               crawl               than               a               loop               that               informs               us               of               the               latest               arrest               of               a               Lost               cast               member               or               that               Elton               John               is               going               to               make               a               hip-hop               album?

And               while               we're               at               it,               here's               an               even               better               idea.

When               the               breaking               news               involves               possible               injury               or               loss               of               life               to               someone,               why               don't               you               wait               until               you               know               exactly               what               happened               instead               of               constantly               reporting               that               someone               was               killed?
               Remember               the               courthouse               shooting               in               Atlanta               a               year               or               so               ago?

All               the               networks               jumped               on               it,               of               course,               and               all               of               them               kept               reporting               that               a               court               reporter               had               been               killed.

It               just               so               happens               that               I               know               a               court               reporter               in               the               Atlanta               area.

I'm               not               particularly               close               with               this               person,               but               I               paid               attention               to               the               story               just               to               make               sure.

I               can               only               imagine               what               listening               to               that               news               over               and               over               and               over               and               over               again               must               have               been               like               to               all               those               across               the               country               who               have               loved               ones               who               are               court               reporters               in               Atlanta.

Hey,               CNN,               MSNBC,               and               Fox,               is               it               really               so               important               to               be               the               first               to               air               with               all               the               unsubstantiated               details               of               a               story?

Wouldn't               you               rather               be               known               as               the               network               that               got               it               right               first?
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               Which,               finally,               brings               us               to               the               final               problem               with               24               hour               news               channels.

Because               they               are               on               constantly,               the               first               to               go               live               with               breaking               news               often               is               the               ratings               winner               for               the               rest               of               the               day.

People               watching               it               call               up               their               friends               and               say,               "Hey,               are               you               watching               this?"               and               they               tell               them               they               are               watching               CNN               or               MSNBC               or               sometimes               even               Fox               if               they               happen               not               to               be               interested               in               factual               reporting               at               all.

And               they               switch               it               over               and               they               leave               the               channel               there               for               the               rest               of               the               day.
               It               may               be               time               to               rethink               the               whole               24               hour               news               channel               idea.

It's               clearly               not               working.

And               the               networks               aren't               willing               to               fix               the               problem               themselves.

What               should               be               done?

Oh,               and               just               in               case               you               forget:
               MSNBC               WAS               FIRST               TO               BREAK               THE               NEWS               OF               JOHN               MARK               KARR               ARREST.
               At               one               point,               they               didn't               want               us               to               forget               that.

Now               let's               not               let               them               forget               it.






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