Originally Posted by shakran

Look the people in the newsroom, the reporters and photogs, by and large want to practice real journalism. Unfortunately the corporate owners listen to consultants instead of us, and the consultants tell them that what you viewers want is sensationalism, sex, and crime, preferably all in the same story. They tell us you want lots of fast stories with little detail, and that we need to do lots of flashy graphics and handheld shaky camerawork in order to convince you that it's "real" and "current." It's all bullshit of course, but the guys signing our paychecks do unfortunately get to call the shots.

Originally Posted by shakran

I'd rather prefer that instead of not watching the news, people call/email/write in and tell your local stations why they don't like what they're seeing on the news. Someone's gotta convince the news managers that you guys want real news and not a half hour of bullshit, and that someone is you.