Comments on: Why I Don’t Watch the News http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:26:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Peter http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1445 Peter Wed, 21 Dec 2005 18:32:36 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1445 Broadcast news is no longer "news", its entertainment. It exists to get people to watch the ads in between the stories. It is now really no different than any other entertainment programming. Broadcast news is no longer “news”, its entertainment. It exists to get people to watch the ads in between the stories. It is now really no different than any other entertainment programming.

]]> By: Claire Giordano http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1444 Claire Giordano Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:23:56 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1444 James - Of course you're right, one shouldn't stick their head in the sand, and of course I pay attention to the news. I just don't think the nightly television news is "news." So I get what I consider news from the radio or newspaper or online or print... Take care... ClaireG James - Of course you’re right, one shouldn’t stick their head in the sand, and of course I pay attention to the news. I just don’t think the nightly television news is “news.” So I get what I consider news from the radio or newspaper or online or print…

Take care… ClaireG

]]> By: stephen o'grady http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1443 stephen o'grady Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:35:56 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1443 Alex: i haven't - really should watch that, as you're the second or third person that's recommended it to me. john: amen. the only difficulty is that if anything, the TV seems worse than the print media, and there are more of those folks every day. Claire: rubbernecking is the perfect analogy - it really is, at times, like watching a car wreck in slo mo. James: couldn't disagree more. two areas of pushback. first, not watching the nightly news does not mean that i don't get news. as john put it, i get it from alternate sources - including folks that don't censor my information. i don't think declining to watch an hour of car wrecks, violent crime, and financial malfeasance every night amounts to "putting my head in the sand." if the news kept me abreadst of the things that matter, i'd watch it. they don't. second, i don't agree. history has shown that there will always be bad news - always. while we shouldn't ignore that - one reason i've tried to keep abreadst of the doings in iraq - nor do i believe its useful to watch the same inevitable string of negativity trotted out by the news each night. standing up for what is right is good advice, but i have no faith whatsoever that will change the inevitability of human nature. Alex: i haven’t - really should watch that, as you’re the second or third person that’s recommended it to me.

john: amen. the only difficulty is that if anything, the TV seems worse than the print media, and there are more of those folks every day.

Claire: rubbernecking is the perfect analogy - it really is, at times, like watching a car wreck in slo mo.

James: couldn’t disagree more. two areas of pushback.

first, not watching the nightly news does not mean that i don’t get news. as john put it, i get it from alternate sources - including folks that don’t censor my information. i don’t think declining to watch an hour of car wrecks, violent crime, and financial malfeasance every night amounts to “putting my head in the sand.” if the news kept me abreadst of the things that matter, i’d watch it. they don’t.

second, i don’t agree. history has shown that there will always be bad news - always. while we shouldn’t ignore that - one reason i’ve tried to keep abreadst of the doings in iraq - nor do i believe its useful to watch the same inevitable string of negativity trotted out by the news each night. standing up for what is right is good advice, but i have no faith whatsoever that will change the inevitability of human nature.

]]> By: james governor http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1442 james governor Wed, 14 Dec 2005 15:52:06 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1442 wow. and this from people who live in a nation where a great deal of bad news is censored/ignored. Katrina was a watershed in that regard. I take your point Stephen, but putting your head in the sand allows abuse by the powers that be. we must keep our heads up. I really dont agree with John macdonald. the news would not be relentlessly bad if we started standing up for what is right, and fighting for it, and giving up on passive consumption. wow. and this from people who live in a nation where a great deal of bad news is censored/ignored. Katrina was a watershed in that regard.

I take your point Stephen, but putting your head in the sand allows abuse by the powers that be. we must keep our heads up.

I really dont agree with John macdonald. the news would not be relentlessly bad if we started standing up for what is right, and fighting for it, and giving up on passive consumption.

]]> By: Claire Giordano http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1441 Claire Giordano Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:50:56 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1441 In my lifetime it seems that TV news has turned into a warped form of entertainment, akin to rubbernecking, all part of the fight for viewers and ad revenue. Ick. There are far better forms of entertainment IMHO. I'll pass, too. In my lifetime it seems that TV news has turned into a warped form of entertainment, akin to rubbernecking, all part of the fight for viewers and ad revenue. Ick. There are far better forms of entertainment IMHO. I’ll pass, too.

]]> By: john simonds http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1440 john simonds Tue, 13 Dec 2005 18:46:08 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1440 I couldn't agree more. Not only is it almost all negative, but it's mostly wrong and under-researched if that is a real word. By the time the nightly news comes on, I've read both sides of the story 40 times from the net and the blogs. Cynical? no. Accurate? You may have predicted the future of news. Look to the declined newpaper subscriptions to further support your trend. I couldn’t agree more. Not only is it almost all negative, but it’s mostly wrong and under-researched if that is a real word. By the time the nightly news comes on, I’ve read both sides of the story 40 times from the net and the blogs.

Cynical? no. Accurate? You may have predicted the future of news.

Look to the declined newpaper subscriptions to further support your trend.

]]> By: Alex http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2005/12/12/why-i-dont-watch-the-news/#comment-1439 Alex Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:51:39 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/wp/?p=682#comment-1439 Have you seen "Bowling for Columbine"? I thought that the thoughts on the news coverage here in the US were really interesting. Have you seen “Bowling for Columbine”? I thought that the thoughts on the news coverage here in the US were really interesting.

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