currently i am working on a video piece about our culture of fear, and i am using the major nightly news reports in said video. i took clips from the 5 and 6 o'clock news casts from channels 2, 4, and 7. Now i am going to edit them down to just the major breaking news headlines. Violence, Consumerism, and Sex. these topics accounted for about 90% of the total amount of "news" reported. (by the way, I only took clips from last thursday and friday.) after watching the same day's news cast on three different channels, my eyes were opened to the lack of news that is on the news, however one station was noticeably more news oriented than "infotainment."
Here's the list...
#3 - Channel 2 CBS news (had almost no election coverage. 95% violence / 4% shopping / maybe 1% election)
#2 - Channel 7 ABC news (had a little more election coverage but still mostly violence. although their shopping coverage was lengthy and somewhat light hearted.
90% violence / 8% shopping / 2% election)
#1 - Channel 4 NBC news (no mention of shopping anywhere in the broadcast! Mostly election coverage, and news about environmental concerns. there was also some mention of major news stories from around the world. (25% election / 50% environmental concers at local schools / 10% violence / 10% "green week" / 5% world events)
I HATE THE NEWS.... but if I had to watch local news it would definitely be channel 4. i did get some good material for the video :D
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