Watching the local news today at 5:00 PM, I noticed that it was lacking something. What it lacked most was political content. That is, instead of having stories that dealt with any political event, it contained mostly human interest stories. The first story that came up dealt with volunteer fire fighters donating money to help a boy with cancer. The next story dealt with abused dogs who have found a new home due to adoptions.
The rest of the stories fell somewhere along the line of the human interest pieces. It may be possible that political content doesnt attract a wide audience. The stories they choose to highlight attract a much wider audience. An example would be a story they ran about a Hoboken pizzaria who is offering free food with any purchase. He explained that he enjoyed helping his community during this economic crisis. Though entertaining, these stories are not as important that others they could be showing, especially when it comes to political content.
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Watching the 6:30 news on CBS, i kept track of what stories were presented. I noticed that they did'nt have the stories in order of importance. It seems they also cover stories that seem to have little to no importance at all. There are many other stories that they could have been covering but they instead chose human interest pieces to gain a bigger audience.
They covered a story about how in this economy it is becoming harder and harder to pay for college. It had a couple of colleges give numbers as to how much money they have cut from the school. It also had students who were forced to drop out because they couldnt afford tuition. However, this story was buried at the end of the program. Following that story was another about an elderly woman who was alive during the depression, and is sharing her cheap meals on the internet. CBS did cover some good stories, such as Obama's crackdown on wasteful spending, or how verterans claims for health care have been denied. However, most of what they showed, such as senator Ted Kennedy being knighted, was not what I would consider important news.
They covered a story about how in this economy it is becoming harder and harder to pay for college. It had a couple of colleges give numbers as to how much money they have cut from the school. It also had students who were forced to drop out because they couldnt afford tuition. However, this story was buried at the end of the program. Following that story was another about an elderly woman who was alive during the depression, and is sharing her cheap meals on the internet. CBS did cover some good stories, such as Obama's crackdown on wasteful spending, or how verterans claims for health care have been denied. However, most of what they showed, such as senator Ted Kennedy being knighted, was not what I would consider important news.
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