24 hours of news
Dec 11, 2019 13:48:04 #
Fodaoson
Loc: South Texas
In the 1960;s Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in News . He did the day’s news in 15 minutes. Today, thanks to CNN, FOX, ETC, that 15 minutes of news has evolved into 24 hours of talking about the 15 minutes of news and news people have lost the kind or respect Cronkite had. Instead of 15 minutes of facts we get 23 hours and 45 minutes of advertisement and opinion or a better explanation,1 hour of opinion repeated 23 times
Dec 11, 2019 13:49:55 #
Fodaoson wrote:
In the 1960;s Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in News . He did the day’s news in 15 minutes. Today, thanks to CNN, FOX, ETC, that 15 minutes of news has evolved into 24 hours of talking about the 15 minutes of news and news people have lost the kind or respect Cronkite had. Instead of 15 minutes of facts we get 23 hours and 45 minutes of advertisement and opinion or a better explanation,1 hour of opinion repeated 23 times
That is a very interesting way of looking at that is for sure.
Dec 11, 2019 13:59:34 #
DonaldR
Loc: Florida
Also, you would never know which side of an issue Cronkite was for or against.He was a true "news caster" in every sense
BTW, he was a flaming liberal.
BTW, he was a flaming liberal.
Dec 11, 2019 14:10:05 #
Dec 11, 2019 14:11:24 #
JFlorio
Loc: Seminole Florida
Fodaoson wrote:
In the 1960;s Walter Cronkite was the most trusted man in News . He did the day’s news in 15 minutes. Today, thanks to CNN, FOX, ETC, that 15 minutes of news has evolved into 24 hours of talking about the 15 minutes of news and news people have lost the kind or respect Cronkite had. Instead of 15 minutes of facts we get 23 hours and 45 minutes of advertisement and opinion or a better explanation,1 hour of opinion repeated 23 times
Ain't that the t***h. 24 hours a day means stations put stuff out there they would have never even looked at before with out two to three independent verifications. Now it's who put something out first and accuracy be damned.
Dec 11, 2019 15:19:12 #
JFlorio wrote:
Ain't that the t***h. 24 hours a day means stations put stuff out there they would have never even looked at before with out two to three independent verifications. Now it's who put something out first and accuracy be damned.
Do not forget all the horrible commercials mixed in.
Dec 11, 2019 16:07:59 #
Fodaoson
Loc: South Texas
CNN has 16 minutes of commercial in every hour of programs They are considering cutting it down to 10 minutes of commercials
Dec 11, 2019 17:26:53 #
Liberty Tree wrote:
Do not forget all the horrible commercials mixed in.
I estimate my total TV watching time to be maybe 30 minutes in the past 5 years. I don't go there. I would watch Wheel of Fortune if the wife was interested. She watches EWTN and the weather.
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