Comments on: TV news stinks, part two

By: 10 Atlanta media moments, 2009 « live apartment fire

10 Atlanta media moments, 2009 « live apartment fire — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:19:13 +0000

[...] WXIA’s news director Ellen Crooke, defending her hypothesis that “TV news stinks” while reshaping WXIA’s newscasts, making [...]

By: Juanita Driggs

Juanita Driggs — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:48:12 +0000

I agree with Ms. Crooke. TV news does stink. I also agree with Sammy. Dagmar IS really hot! (I think I like where Sammy is coming from.) And the point is…? The vapidity of TV news reminds me of a famous quote attributed to a Canadian Oxfam official lamenting the inability to address the dismal state of health in many countries (including ours). “When all is said and done…more is said than done!”

By: Sammy

Sammy — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:49:22 +0000

Dagmar is really hot!

By: English Major

English Major — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 16:37:46 +0000

Sadly – or maybe, admirably – the television industry still calls these broadcasts “news” even though they’re not. Most of the rest of us look at them as entertainment. That’s what they’ve become, so our expectations are not as high. Wish it weren’t so.

By: wgcler

wgcler — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:30:25 +0000

I can’t answer for the other stations, only about us.

Our ND had drilled it into our heads, sometimes painfully, that every day is a sweeps day. They look at, discuss and anlyze the numbers everyday.

I live on the street, but I’ve walked by meetings where you hear them ask what are people talking about on the street.

You’re right, Some stations live ina bibble. But we never had a bubble or it burst awhile ago here.

By: longgone.

longgone. — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:45:03 +0000

my head is swirling…
do these people never look outside their “bubble”? They’re just hanging on till someone turns out the lights..
the AJC is almost gone, some of these stations staffers have been asked to take paycuts. (economy..)
What was their market shares 10 years ago vs now? (gone to non-tv competition..)
Who really watches their news? (marketable demographics..)
The content they cover just fills the ad-space hole… and they trot out the I-Team stuff only during sweeps and then point to that (with some justification=Peabody, Emmys..) as proof they are still doing legitimate news…
ouch.. what about the rest of the time… really

By: Fence Sitter

Fence Sitter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:17:33 +0000

It’s not just local news. #CNNfail.

Long live Larry King interviews of the Jonas Brothers.

By: kicker

kicker — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:39:34 +0000

Ellen -

the solution to relevamnt TV is answering viewer questions at 11 pm?

Or is it just how you fill your show.

Admit it. You don’t have a newscast at 11 pm . You want a magazine show. That’s fine. Just admit it.