Monday, November 14, 2011

more news

I watched the buffalo new at 11 on channel 4. I saw most of the same patterns that the class came across.

weather: 1 minute
PSU scandal: 4.5 minutes
commercials: 2 minutes 30 seconds
protest against the mayor: 1 minute
flight crash: 1.5 minutes
crime for cyber bullying: 1 minute
dog adoption: 1 minute
animal rescue: 19 seconds
donations for thanks giving: 17 seconds
commercials: 2 minutes 30 seconds
recession in buffalo: 1 minute
WWII veterans: 2 minutes
new flagpole in buffalo: 20 seconds
weather: 2 minutes 39 seconds
dog showing off: 25 seconds
commercials: 2 minutes

A big portion of the news is commercials and another big portion is the weather but thats why we have a weather channel. The news is more for entertainment I believe that the PSU scandal, dog adoption, animal rescue and a dog showing off is all for pure entertainment. The PSU scandal especially. That conflict is not about informing people of whats going on in the world its about a man that sexually harassed boys and now its getting so much news coverage because they know people who dont normally watch the news might turn in to hear about the creep.

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