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In the US, national TV news is on around 6 or 7, before prime time, and doesn't cover sports. That's left to the local news broadcasts, which devote 5 minutes t
by marstall 6y ago
In the US, national TV news is on around 6 or 7, before prime time, and doesn't cover sports. That's left to the local news broadcasts, which devote 5 minutes to it at the end of their early and late 30 minute broadcasts.
Local TV news in the US is fixated on weather, fires, car accidents, gruesome crime stories and so-called "human interest" stories, rarely covers local government. Now that's something I don't understand. Are we that shallow? The iconic local news image is that of a young cub reporter doing a video "standup" late at night in front of, say, a suburban home where a murder took place several hours previously. Why is it so important for everyone within 50 miles to hear about it?
- PraetorianGourd 6y agoYes, people really are, by your value system, that shallow. The answer to any "are _x_ really that _y_" when the point of reference is informed by the tastes of _x_ is always "yes". You can rightly say that those stories don't interest you. They don't interest me, and as such I don't watch a lot of local news. But there are huge swaths of people that do watch this content. That is why it exists. It is like ads on the internet. They exist because they work on someone, even if they don't work on _you_.