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Originally Posted by NotGolfer
In my opinion there isn't much "good" journalism anymore...it's ALL about ratings.
Back in the day I took high school journalism where we were taught NOT to editorialize but just state the facts....who, where, when (maybe a why)!! We choose not to watch very much of the news these days as it seems everything is sensationalized with "breaking news"!!
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You got it.
We were watching David Muir on ABC News recently and twice, on two subsequent days, he mentioned a "Dome" over the northeast.....meaning our non stop rainy weather lately..........
Now, we just looked at each other.......a dome?
We've been watching the Steven King mini series THE DOME.
Talk about trying to scare folks.
I much prefer David Muir over Diane Sawyer as he talks much faster and gets in a lot of news........he's from upstate New York and our neck of the woods.......highly intelligent young journalist who is moving up.....but guess he's got to do what he's got to do..........including ABC having Ginger Zee on with all the disaster weather lately.
We often think, "It is summertime. Texas is always hot in the summer" or whichever state they are saying has a heat wave. Now, the flooding is unusual and a true disaster........even up in Vermont as per our Governor.
Flashing flooding had ruined a lot of property.
We actually prefer the way Scott Pelley presents the news; less drama.
We've sworn off CNN as they are so repetitive and again, dramatic and over the top as far as reporting.
It actually was a pleasure to switch over to FOX News......they were more our style.....even though we'd never watched them before. Not much anyway.
In all fairness to journalists (we have a dear friend's son who is an excellent journalist and creative writer)......we actually prefer our local news whether it's the Vermont local news or the Albany New York local news. They just state the facts and don't try to embellish things......