3 ms·
They also have apps for smartphones and the like, and it's actually extremely popular! The quality of the news reporting on Dutch teletext has always been grea
by Scarblac 11y ago
They also have apps for smartphones and the like, and it's actually extremely popular!
The quality of the news reporting on Dutch teletext has always been great, that's one of the key things. No bias, no bullshit, no unrelated stock photos. Just the facts, and very quickly.
In 2006, the random killing of an 8-year old boy was in the news a lot. When his murderer was convicted, Teletekst chose to show the news at the top of page 101, in CAPITALS... and immediately the whole national debate shifted to that use of capitals, which was obviously outrageously sensationalistic. Use of capitals for national disasters, OK, but merely this...
- DavideNL 11y agoI never really understand why people use it, you can just download the NOS app which has exactly the same news. I expect it will be mostly the elderly and such that use it, who don't want to use smartphones, iPads, etc?