TV news programmes, do they think we're stupid ?
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Occasionally I watch the news, mostly BBC because I find their programmes the least offensive. However, even the BBC have a lot to answer for,
e.g.
Sentence swapping- On breakfast TV always a male presenter and a female presenter. They start a new topic and they take it in turn to read sentences from the autocue. Why do they do that? Anyone else find that irritating?
Reporting on Liberal party conferences etc. Who cares? who does it matter to? and yet they will waste hours on this kind of irrelevent rubbish
Agressive interviewing- something happens, they get someone on to talk about it, they wait til the person is halfway through a sentence in reply and then ask another 'searching ' question. When they've finished mauling the first interviewee they get someone with an opposing view and do the same thing to them. We hear virtually nothing about the salient points of the argumemnt, just interviewees doing their best to defend thenselves. Channel 4 news is particularly bad at this kind of thing.
Use of emotive terms to distort the truth- an excellent example recently with the exam re-grading thing. Each time the topic is introduced it will be 'exam marking fiasco' and the subject will be reported with the obvious implication that some bad b*stards have tried to ruin the lives of every student but fortunately the 'Media' are galloping to the rescue and will drag the guilty parties out to be suitably punished.
Listening to the news one soons gets the impression that they think the only perfect people in the world are the people who make the news programmes
John
e.g.
Sentence swapping- On breakfast TV always a male presenter and a female presenter. They start a new topic and they take it in turn to read sentences from the autocue. Why do they do that? Anyone else find that irritating?
Reporting on Liberal party conferences etc. Who cares? who does it matter to? and yet they will waste hours on this kind of irrelevent rubbish
Agressive interviewing- something happens, they get someone on to talk about it, they wait til the person is halfway through a sentence in reply and then ask another 'searching ' question. When they've finished mauling the first interviewee they get someone with an opposing view and do the same thing to them. We hear virtually nothing about the salient points of the argumemnt, just interviewees doing their best to defend thenselves. Channel 4 news is particularly bad at this kind of thing.
Use of emotive terms to distort the truth- an excellent example recently with the exam re-grading thing. Each time the topic is introduced it will be 'exam marking fiasco' and the subject will be reported with the obvious implication that some bad b*stards have tried to ruin the lives of every student but fortunately the 'Media' are galloping to the rescue and will drag the guilty parties out to be suitably punished.
Listening to the news one soons gets the impression that they think the only perfect people in the world are the people who make the news programmes
John
e.g.
Sentence swapping- On breakfast TV always a male presenter and a female presenter. They start a new topic and they take it in turn to read sentences from the autocue. Why do they do that? Anyone else find that irritating?
John
This one drives me nutts , i was going to post on it a week or so ago but thought it was only me that it bugged
Totally agree... a number of times there have been stories or elements of stories given coverage on C4News which have been completely omitted by BBC and Sky news - lies of omission if you ask me..
alt said:CH4 seems to be the most objective news on TV these days!
You'd think that since the BBC are the only ones who don't have a financial interest in screwing with the public that they'd be the most free and open news broadcaster. but they're not because the BBC's run by green, left wing, limp writsted apologists who should all fall on their swords immediately in the interest of the greater good.
nonegreen said: The WGBBC (Womens green bolox broadcasting company) punctuates its constant stream of drivel with anti men anti car and anti fun propaganda. I have therefore thrown my telly on the tip and refuse to pay a licence fee.
You don't need to pay for a TV licence if you don't have one...
I don't.
And I work in Telly.
Utter shite - without a budget, and a ten year old drugged up car theif as producer 'wouldn't it be a good idea if we took turns to read from the autocue - just takes enough sycophants to agree with him...
Fcukin dispise that part of the job.
The news readers and reporters have another annoying habit. They tend to emphasise the first word of a phrase. This is not a good thing in English because adjectives normally precede the noun. Take the phrase "brown cow" as an example. The most important word in this phrase is cow, so a proper english speaker would say 'brown COW'. If this unfortunate cow was to feature in the news then it would become a 'BROWN cow".
The recent controversy about exam regrading has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, and some are expressing the view that it is a 'storm in a teacup'. I am inclined to agree. Who made a controversy into a storm? The media. This is what they do. If they haven't got anything interesting to tell us then they will try to make what they have got into something interesting by blowing it up out of all proprtion. John Snow on channel 4 is a master of this truth-distorting process.
John
The recent controversy about exam regrading has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, and some are expressing the view that it is a 'storm in a teacup'. I am inclined to agree. Who made a controversy into a storm? The media. This is what they do. If they haven't got anything interesting to tell us then they will try to make what they have got into something interesting by blowing it up out of all proprtion. John Snow on channel 4 is a master of this truth-distorting process.
John
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The recent controversy about exam regrading has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, and some are expressing the view that it is a 'storm in a teacup'. I am inclined to agree. Who made a controversy into a storm? The media. This is what they do. If they haven't got anything interesting to tell us then they will try to make what they have got into something interesting by blowing it up out of all proprtion. John Snow on channel 4 is a master of this truth-distorting process.
John
It must have been a quiet day in Israel - Iraq so they as you say had to make some stuff up or find a story to blow out of all proportion.
The recent controversy about exam regrading has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, and some are expressing the view that it is a 'storm in a teacup'. I am inclined to agree. Who made a controversy into a storm? The media. This is what they do. If they haven't got anything interesting to tell us then they will try to make what they have got into something interesting by blowing it up out of all proprtion. John Snow on channel 4 is a master of this truth-distorting process.
John
It must have been a quiet day in Israel - Iraq so they as you say had to make some stuff up or find a story to blow out of all proportion.
The antidote is simple and cheap - a year's subscrption to Private Eye. It may not always tell the truth, or the whole truth, but it makes you much more skilled at spotting dodgy reporting (TV or press).
The new edition has a superb analysis/deconstruction of the "Archer Diaries". Recommended reading.
The new edition has a superb analysis/deconstruction of the "Archer Diaries". Recommended reading.
Mr E said: This is why I get my news from radio 4 in the mornings (whilst trying to work out where I am).....
I own a widescreen teev to watch DVDs and play PS2 (Gran Tourimo 3) on.....
I only use my TV for vids/DVDs and GT3 - why the hell do I have to pay the license fee? Do you think car tax and speeding fines are unfair? That's nothing compared to the TV license. :spongingleftygitsonabonfire:
[honesty mode]
I did used to watch "Neighbours" twice a day as a student - with no TV license. I feel shame.
[/honesty mode]
I now restrict myself to Sack-o-shite TV - and only those programmes that are fictional.
The BBC and the factual media have got me to the point where if I accidentally see a news programme I want to hurl my slippers at the telly with enough force to smash it.
In the interests of preserving my investment I decided
a) To put my slippers in a safe place prior to watching the news.
b) Not to watch the news.
I read the web instead...unfortunately even using web news sites I am often appalled at the standard of journalism.
These people know nothing about anything other than crafting a few choice words - they have no qualifications to comment or analyse politics or, for that matter, any other feature of human society.
To get an idea of what I mean...read any article about any Scientific subject...there are unbelievably few journos who were scientists or have any scientific background. Quite often therefore the story is wrong - or so simplistic that the wrong impression is given.
PH is of course an exception as Ted is all knowing, all seeing and 100% of us would vote for him.
The BBC and the factual media have got me to the point where if I accidentally see a news programme I want to hurl my slippers at the telly with enough force to smash it.
In the interests of preserving my investment I decided
a) To put my slippers in a safe place prior to watching the news.
b) Not to watch the news.
I read the web instead...unfortunately even using web news sites I am often appalled at the standard of journalism.
These people know nothing about anything other than crafting a few choice words - they have no qualifications to comment or analyse politics or, for that matter, any other feature of human society.
To get an idea of what I mean...read any article about any Scientific subject...there are unbelievably few journos who were scientists or have any scientific background. Quite often therefore the story is wrong - or so simplistic that the wrong impression is given.
PH is of course an exception as Ted is all knowing, all seeing and 100% of us would vote for him.
Anyone else unable to tolerate that tawt Nicky Campbell on Watchdog???
NC: Why do so many of our consumers burn themselves on your coffee, Mr. McDonalds scapegoat man?
McD's: Because they're stupid and don't read the inane warnings we have to print on the cups
NC: Ah yes, but are the warnings BIG enough?
Why can't he just accept it when someone gives him a perfectly sensible answer?
:rantover:
NC: Why do so many of our consumers burn themselves on your coffee, Mr. McDonalds scapegoat man?
McD's: Because they're stupid and don't read the inane warnings we have to print on the cups
NC: Ah yes, but are the warnings BIG enough?
Why can't he just accept it when someone gives him a perfectly sensible answer?
:rantover:
miniman said: Anyone else unable to tolerate that tawt Nicky Campbell on Watchdog???
NC: Why do so many of our consumers burn themselves on your coffee, Mr. McDonalds scapegoat man?
McD's: Because they're stupid and don't read the inane warnings we have to print on the cups
NC: Ah yes, but are the warnings BIG enough?
Why can't he just accept it when someone gives him a perfectly sensible answer?
:rantover:
"Nicky" is no name for a man. Ponce.
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