Network News's Perfect Storm

Media Channel by Marc Kusnetz | Jan. 31, 2008 (News Analysis)

Paradoxically, television is trying to remain relevant by appropriating the techniques of the computer, while ignoring its unique qualities. In so doing, television news is delegitimizing itself. It deepens the problem by insisting that all stories must have an arc--a beginning, a middle, and an end that is clear and, if possible, have a touch of inevitability, as great stories often do.

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by Patricia L'Herrou - Oct. 1, 2008

this story makes one think about what we as viewers are seeing and hearing. the synergy between viewer and medium is not discussed enough; the culture of the viewer has changed also, independently of the medium. the paradox of analysis is important--the author points out the need for more analysis of important events, and yet, how often the wrong analysis doesn't serve to convey the real events. unfortunately not much offered to hope for mitigation of my own disappointment in so much of media