Too few reporters. (Bad News, assessment of local television news)
Local television news content is decided by what is easy to do rather than what needs to be done. The few reporters that local stations have will have to work hard to research political and public welfare issues such as pollution, unemployment and childcare. Therefore, it is easier to fill news time...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | American journalism review 1993-09, Vol.15 (7), p.20 |
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| Format: | Magazinearticle |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Local television news content is decided by what is easy to do rather than what needs to be done. The few reporters that local stations have will have to work hard to research political and public welfare issues such as pollution, unemployment and childcare. Therefore, it is easier to fill news time with clips of violence and the crying of the victims. There is minimal coverage of local election issues. This is troubling because most Americans depend on television for their news and this medium ignores important political concerns. |
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| ISSN: | 1067-8654 |