every tv show on tv bores me except the news,is this normal??
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No. \n\nAre you VERY sure you've tried everything else?????\nCartoons, sitcoms, reality series, on-air shopping, even????????\nWaht about anime? Fitness channels? C'mon, work with me here!!!!!\nI don't want to lose you to the madness!!!!!\n\n...I'm calm, now.
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OMG NO!!!! Mainstream media, be they normally associated as left or right, are a bunch of non informed idiots. \n\nLiars! They are ALL liars! :) They spin it just like the next politician. \n\nPeople please, do not rely on one news source. There are three sides to every story; you side, my side and the truth. \n\nthe moral is, read as much as you can about any given situation from different sources, and draw your own conclusion.\n\n**Believe 1% of what your mother tells you and nothing anyone else tells you.
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Most Americans don't watch the news. They prefer to watch American Idol and America's Next Top Model. The smart Americans are few and far between. I would like to think that I am one of them. ;)
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I agree with you.  It's boring.  I realize that there are tons of people who love it but I can't figure out why.  Does it drive you crazy that it is on TV all the time?
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I watch it and I think the same thing!! I'm not sure. Some of the stuff that happens seems kind of cheesy to me.
811277
Could we watch? TV is rather dull.....
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i don't give a damn. These news channels have to put somthing when they have 24 hours.
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None of the shows you listed are actual news sources. A real news source has objective reporting (which isn't all that easy to find, but it does exist.)
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my opinion is that the local tv news is probably the most educated and adheres to the facts.  I mean, they'd about have to be less biased than the other mediums.  They are about immediate gratification, really.  Magazines, well, they take many liberties, because they can be fiction, as well.  Their articles require facts and referrences, but when was the last time you saw a retraction of a story or a correction in a magazine?  As far as tv programs and movies, their job is to entertain rather than inform, so they don't really fall into newsworthy--controversial, or brainwashing, perhaps, but not really in the same sphere as the others.  The internet?  Well, it is largely becoming the largest reference manual in the world, but there is fact as well as fiction, as we all encounter.  You can find anything about any subject and cross reference a hundred facts, any facts you want to glean are there for the taking.  as for this, take it for what you will
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Try 'The Evening News' on a Thursday, or 'The Scotsman' on a Friday. Good |Luck.
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Congratulations, Josette, that is the most intelligent question I've seen anyone ask via Yahoo's ASK website.  I was the Academic Excellence Award Winner from my college journalism cadre and feel emminently qualified to answer.\nOK, N E W S, is an acronym of north, east, west and south and supposedly indicates that news comes from all over.  It also fits in with the idea of something 'new' and unfortunately that's the aspect of things most emphasized.\n\n  News is, in many ways, a joke.  It's just entertainment content like fan magazines, porn websites, comic books, romance novels, comedy movies, etc.\n\n  On the other hand, news sometimes has the power to ennoble us, inform us and inspire us.  It depends upon the news and it depends upon the recipient of the news -- see below Apollo 13.\n\n  Unfortunately, the easiest news to gather is usually the least ennobling and the most negative.  If you were to explore the nature of the simple glass of water that you drink and the story behind it, you would find one of the most incredible and most positive stories imaginable.  For an example of a similar nature:  I refer you to the awesome essay:  "I, Pencil" referenced below.   Unfortunately, in our democracy, we often degenerate to the level of the mass media which aims all entertainment at the level of a retarded 14 year old as witness our sitcoms and all the other trivial entertainment that passes for broadcast television.  Why?  Because, advertisers usually don't want to risk missing anyone, any potential or eventually potential consumer out there.  Because of that, higher class programming and higher class news are viewed as an exceptional risk.  How many people watch the PBS MacNeil Leher Hour where serious news is explored in serious depth every night, perhaps 2%?\n\n  Easy news to a reporter in the field (almost always BAD news, rather than feature stories which are much more difficult to research and write and feature stories are almost always positive and ennobling) is always welcome and immediately channelled upward to the editors and proofreaders.  They make decisions on what gets printed or aired by looking at A.  Impact locally?   B. Persons of Prominence involved?  C.  Sensational nature of the item?  D. Is it NEW?  E. Interesting?  F.  Exciting?  G.  Unusual?  and only then is H.  Is it of over-riding human interest? considered and since this is where the large majority of the complex and important and positive human news lies, this is the last and least important part of the so-called news.  It all comes down ultimately to some editor's choice of what will get him the most viewers.  An incredible amount of murders, rapes, strikes, wars, hate crimes and other negative news is needed every day to sell soap, automobiles, perfume, lingerie, and houses.\n\n  One other aspect too serious and too deep to consider in this brief answer is that 95% of all journalism students consider themselves when asked either Democrats or liberals.  So when you see people like Peter Jennings smirking or Mike Wallace ignoring tough questions he might ask Ted Kennedy or Lou Dobbs totally slanting every piece of news he touches, there is a valid reason in their minds for approaching news coverage that way; and a valid reason for you to doubt the overall truth of what you're getting.\n\nThe movie Apollo 13 highlighted the attitude of journalists \ntoward real news and sensational news.  Surely there are five million stories that could come out of the world of space exploration but in the movie they cancelled an educational broadcast from the pilot of Apollo 13 saying, "You've made space as exciting as a car wash" or something like that.  What they were really saying is they were too lazy to get in there and do the hard work to make teaching people about the wonders of space exploration and instead expected it to come to them pre-packaged like some public relations release or infomercial
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its a tv show, but i dont watch it
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To answer a part of your quesiton, the media plays to the flavor of the week crowd.  They care not the validity or weight of a story.  The only relevant thing to news media is telling the news that sells subscriptions/viewers/readers.
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Media meaning news?  I think they just focus on the hottest stories.  If you're talking about entertainment television, then I see what you mean.  I once counted how many African Americans there were during 2 minutes of commercials.  The number was low compared to the amount of Caucasian actors.  I do think it's getting better, though.
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Ya, i understand what you say about most of it being crap.  But I'm still addicted.  Sometimes I just flip through the channels for ever and just land on something.  I just like having it on.  \n\nTV's my friend!
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A little, but not as much as usual. The big problem is the tape delayed coverage  and the presence everywhere on line on cable and on the radio of the results. You know the results of every event before they are on, and it takes away the drama and excitement...
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Gimme a break, and definitely Growing Pains....  I also miss News Radio