Comments on: News Coverage http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/ Adventures of a writer living in New Zealand Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:33:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Christina Phillips http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10329 Christina Phillips Wed, 13 May 2009 07:51:49 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10329 Count me in on the scaremongering aspect of the swine flu outbreak. It's like the press are gagging for major panic attacks. As for the NZ shooting, that was horrific on a personal level as a very good friend of mine was personally affected. And yeah, the online news covering that event just appeared to make stuff up on a whim. Count me in on the scaremongering aspect of the swine flu outbreak. It’s like the press are gagging for major panic attacks. As for the NZ shooting, that was horrific on a personal level as a very good friend of mine was personally affected. And yeah, the online news covering that event just appeared to make stuff up on a whim.

]]> By: Fedora http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10328 Fedora Wed, 13 May 2009 04:54:41 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10328 I'm pretty awful about staying current, actually--we no longer get the local daily paper and I don't watch TV news. I don't enjoy the negative bombardment. I tend to get the headlines from NPR in the car (National Public Radio) or whatever I chance upon while surfing. Generally that's enough, and my husband will fill me in on any big news items I may have missed :) I’m pretty awful about staying current, actually–we no longer get the local daily paper and I don’t watch TV news. I don’t enjoy the negative bombardment. I tend to get the headlines from NPR in the car (National Public Radio) or whatever I chance upon while surfing. Generally that’s enough, and my husband will fill me in on any big news items I may have missed :)

]]> By: Amy W. http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10327 Amy W. Wed, 13 May 2009 00:41:16 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10327 I hate the news. We stopped getting our local paper because they never tell us any national news let alone international news. Also the TV news is crap now. Like you if I want news I go online and look. Blah. Oh and you're such a evil tease. Hugs! I hate the news. We stopped getting our local paper because they never tell us any national news let alone international news. Also the TV news is crap now. Like you if I want news I go online and look. Blah.

Oh and you’re such a evil tease.
Hugs!

]]> By: Debra Kayn http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10326 Debra Kayn Tue, 12 May 2009 21:53:00 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10326 I can overdose on the news, and let it get to me. It does seem like everything gets blown up, and talked about until you are sick of hearing about it. Our local news can shut down all the shows during the day to give you minute to minute coverage on the 1 inch of snow the nearest city is getting. Cracks me up, because nothing is said about the 3 ft of snow I have up in the mountains. I love msn news feeder. I can scroll the hot topics and only open them if I want to. Saves me time and if I don't want to hear depressing news I have a choice. I can overdose on the news, and let it get to me. It does seem like everything gets blown up, and talked about until you are sick of hearing about it.

Our local news can shut down all the shows during the day to give you minute to minute coverage on the 1 inch of snow the nearest city is getting. Cracks me up, because nothing is said about the 3 ft of snow I have up in the mountains.

I love msn news feeder. I can scroll the hot topics and only open them if I want to. Saves me time and if I don’t want to hear depressing news I have a choice.

]]> By: Shelley Munro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10325 Shelley Munro Tue, 12 May 2009 19:47:22 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10325 Roberta - I know what you mean. Some days I've started skipping the news to, but then I start to wonder what I'm missing. I try to at least catch the headlines of the evening news. At least our coverage of the recession hasn't been too bad. Yes, the news is bad, but the coverage has seemed balanced in this area. Eva - I think we do news well in small countries. I like the range of news we receive. Now if only they'd stop this new trend. It's like they feel they have to grab our attention and scare us half to death... Julia - actually, we do hear about Canda sometimes. It's usually political news that we hear. Kaye - ah, so I'm not imagining things! Roberta – I know what you mean. Some days I’ve started skipping the news to, but then I start to wonder what I’m missing. I try to at least catch the headlines of the evening news. At least our coverage of the recession hasn’t been too bad. Yes, the news is bad, but the coverage has seemed balanced in this area.

Eva – I think we do news well in small countries. I like the range of news we receive. Now if only they’d stop this new trend. It’s like they feel they have to grab our attention and scare us half to death…

Julia – actually, we do hear about Canda sometimes. It’s usually political news that we hear.

Kaye – ah, so I’m not imagining things!

]]> By: Kaye Manro http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10324 Kaye Manro Tue, 12 May 2009 17:24:51 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10324 Hi Shelley-- now that I'm back from being MIA-- I can say that you are really right here-- since I work in media I can vouch for it being true... And that's all I'm sayin... Hi Shelley– now that I’m back from being MIA– I can say that you are really right here– since I work in media I can vouch for it being true… And that’s all I’m sayin…

]]> By: Julia Smith http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10323 Julia Smith Tue, 12 May 2009 15:50:37 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10323 My husband and I can be news junkies. We watch one news show at 10:00, switch to the other station at 11:00, and then go on to the local news at 11:30. The 10:00 news is from a liberal station, and the 11:00 news is from a conservative station, and it's interesting to see what gets on each network, what is left off, and if they both run the same story, what slant they give it. We sometimes skip the news altogether and watch a movie. It all depends! In Canada we get a very good world overview, but it comes down to whatever stories the networks think are worth doing for their particular viewers. We don't get a lot of New Zealand news here in Canada, as I'm sure you never hear about Canada. My husband and I can be news junkies. We watch one news show at 10:00, switch to the other station at 11:00, and then go on to the local news at 11:30. The 10:00 news is from a liberal station, and the 11:00 news is from a conservative station, and it’s interesting to see what gets on each network, what is left off, and if they both run the same story, what slant they give it.

We sometimes skip the news altogether and watch a movie. It all depends!

In Canada we get a very good world overview, but it comes down to whatever stories the networks think are worth doing for their particular viewers. We don’t get a lot of New Zealand news here in Canada, as I’m sure you never hear about Canada.

]]> By: Eva S http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10322 Eva S Tue, 12 May 2009 13:54:08 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10322 Hi Shelley, I agree with you about the news trend... Here in Finland our news have been great, we get to know the major news worldwide (sometimes even more than what's happening in our own small country) but nowadays it's to much scaremongering here too. I'm more for reading the newspaper now... Hi Shelley,
I agree with you about the news trend… Here in Finland our news have been great, we get to know the major news worldwide (sometimes even more than what’s happening in our own small country) but nowadays it’s to much scaremongering here too. I’m more for reading the newspaper now…

]]> By: Roberta Harwell http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/2009/05/12/news-coverage/comment-page-1/#comment-10321 Roberta Harwell Tue, 12 May 2009 12:09:09 +0000 http://www.shelleymunro.com/blog/?p=2149#comment-10321 Hey Shelley, I say the news personally sucks for me. I stopped watching it about 3 months ago. I was hooked on the news couldn't get enough. Almost lived for the doom and gloom. I woke up one morning and started reading my TBR pile and never looked back. I still listen for about 15 minutes of our local news at night but that is about it. Personally after I stopped watching, I really started feeling a lot better. Have a great day. Hey Shelley,

I say the news personally sucks for me. I stopped watching it about 3 months ago. I was hooked on the news couldn’t get enough. Almost lived for the doom and gloom. I woke up one morning and started reading my TBR pile and never looked back. I still listen for about 15 minutes of our local news at night but that is about it. Personally after I stopped watching, I really started feeling a lot better. Have a great day.

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