Taking Sides: Internet vs TV vs Radio News

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And take it to individual channels, stations, sites, too. Where do you get your breaking news, both in the current crisis and generally - and where wouldn't you touch with a bargepole?

(Tomorrow I will attempt to post some threads which don't have anything to do with Tuesday's events.)

― Tom, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

At least radio and TV news dont have to put everything in a fucking new answers page.

― Tom, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Rightly or wrongly, most of my news prior to Tuesday was gathered on the Net, mainstream or independent both. Since then, my desire to stay away from *hearing* anyone in the media talk about things has increased by a huge amount.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I hate rolling TV news. At work the people I share a room with have been glued to Sky for the last few days. The almost gloating way that channel keeps reshowing pictures of planes crashing into buildings and people jumping to their deaths, the endless stream of pontificating experts, the ghoulish revelling in human misery, it makes me sick.

― DV, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

On the internet I don't have look at pictures or listen to voices cracking with grief or fright.

I have not read newspapers except very occasionally for more than a year (a relief though probably I'm already paying a price for it, in terms of "being informed"): chances are someone here will link to eg Robert Fisk, or anyway writers i can *learn* from. I tend to avoid TV news at times like this because of the inevitable plague of so- called "experts" who turn out to know less than, well, me (which is scary and ridiculous, because politics is not my specialist topic and I am an extremely lazy and capricious information gatherer).

― mark s, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

CNN posesses a hypnotic immediacy with a breaking story, its superficiality soon gets tiresome. As a World Service addict I usually hear news first on the radio, but its newspapers, and largely newspapers on the internet, that I really look to for depth and analysis. 5 years on-line and I still wonder at the marvel of being able to access so many, current fave: The Times of India.

― stevo, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

antiwar.com

― phil, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Internet all the way, although the streaming audiophiles that sit right next to me have ABC news blaring... so much for trying to deal with this as mediated through text and silence.

― Jason, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

BBC News 24/One has handled it as well as you would expect. During the chaos on Tuesday afternoon (morning) they were as confused by the wealth of reports as we were, but the info got across. They managed to mostly avoid "pornography", I think film of people falling only appeared on the main bulletins, though they were as guilty as everyone else of looping crash footage (even doing it splitscreen during interviews) but they haven't shown any today.

ILE was great, especially Nick's Reuters reports. The internet hasn't been at all useful for news except for from links here, though Googling has provided comprehensive background material I'd never have otherwise got.

Radio 1 has been surprisingly good, and managed not to go into the Everybody Hurts musical cul-de-sac it did with Diana, even playing some fairly upbeat pop/dance, though nu-metal/rock (esp. Smooth Criminal) has been noticably absent.

― Graham, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

In less dangerous times, I would read Salon for their news wires when I was at work (haven't figured out yet if my web use in monitored so I need to keep it to a minimum). For the past few days I have been flipping through all the network/cable news or reading the major news web sites. It seems kind of comforting to 'see' things. A lot of people in the NYC area have one or none channels still...

― matthew, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I am wat hint tv, it is my only lihk out of the city. even internet is down at work. i have to watch tv...

― ally, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Net.
No pictures, analysis in real time

― anthony, Thursday, 13 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I vote radio. Note my unanswered "NPR: stuffy or sexy?" thread.

― Samantha, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I dont own a TC s its the net, bu at least on the net you can choose what to see. SOme of these images are fucking disturbing.

― Pennysong Hanle y, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I would normally say Internet (cnn.com or washingtonpost.com specifically) because I get to find out what I want know faster, but Tuesday made me realize why it is important to have a TV around. All my standard news sites were completely hammered and I couldn't get through, so I turned on the trusty tube to CNN. So let's say Internet 99% percent of the time, TV for those times when the Internet fails.

― palpable, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Have been listening to- and watching- ABC (Australian) news, reading the Guardian and Sydney Morning Herald online (Australia's most sane newspaper) for Margo Kingston's webdiary (normally excellent Australian political site), and reading other's reactions on the net; in some ways it's easier to process through other's opinions- I tend to do this even in normal times- even if the views are horribly uninformed (which on ILE they haven't been).

― Charles, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

i'm hearing rumours that cnn's palestinians celbrating footage is too similar to that used in gulf war/"invasion" of kuwait 91 footage..if so, someone should be in deep shit.

― Geoff, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

BBC World has been surprisingly off-message, reporting eg that the whole of Manhattan was being evacuated, and showing pictures of people evacuating the WTC in which there was visibly snow falling and breath clouding, ie library shots (not tagged as such) from the previous bombing.

― Momus, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I watched 'Newsnight' last night and I am still so angry I am beyond speech. AFAIC Britain's a lost cause if that was any indication of the prevailing mood.

― dave q, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dave Q: what was said? I got rid of my TV last week so I can't see any of these progs.

― Tom, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Though I didn't see Newsnight, I think I'll take Q's judgement with a pinch of salt, seeing as his sole purpose in life seems to be to rubbish the UK.

― DG, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Typical barracks lawyers, most of them. A caricature toothless lefty with wild, straggly hair and no teeth blamed 'Rambo films'. Everyone seemed to agree with Tam Dalyell that nothing that could possibly provoke even the smallest reprisals should even be considered. Alot of hysterical student radicals lamely justifying the revenge of the world's oppressed, as if NYC wasn't the most culturally integrated city on Earth. The cocktail of fear and smugness which makes Europe great.

― dave q, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Unfortunately in times of crisis it seems like Newsnight loses the interrogatory style which generally makes it good - that's judging by Tuesday's programme, not last night's which of course I didn't see.

― Tom, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Oh hold on DQ are you talking about Newsnight or Question Time here?

― Tom, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Sorry, I meant 'Question Time'

― dave q, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Anyone seen this?

CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians to manipulate you

http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63454&group=webcast

― Loop Dandy, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm now refusing to watch TV coverage. So it has to be radio for me -- Radio 4 obviously, and Radio 5live was pretty good on Wednesday. On Tuesday I was watching ITN coverage, and getting extra news by phone from people watching BBC. But it turns out, from piecing together the details that CNN were reporting rumours, which were then being picked up by the BBC as 'CNN reported' and then became 'according to the BBC' by the time they reached me. While the ITN coverage was repetitive, nothing they said turns out to have been entirely unsubstantiated.

― alex t, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Uh the internet is the best. Obviously you need to watch the TV for lots pics and vids but it can get sickening listening to all the bloody commentators.

― rezna, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Uh...we have BBC News 24 and Sky News so obviously if they're there, thought I might as well watch them. Only saw BBC at time of accident, they were unaware of what was going on as everyone else (notably they hadn't realised the first tower had just collapsed) - kind of a bit more human. Sky News is fairly reliable. Honestly, at times like this, I'd much rather see what's going on - it has rather made more of an impact on people I think watching this all in disbelief. However, now they're all playing final answerphone messages and that is too much.

― Bill, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

ToM SeZ:

I got rid of my TV last week so I can't see any of these progs.

We got rid ov our telly when they showed that tragedy at the israeli wedding party, and have been glad of that at least w/this new horror. TV pics ov folks laeping to their deaths is s.th. I don't thing should be shown, not least 'cuz folks who have missing relatives/friends will surely watch & wonder....so far all I've seen are still pics in the guardian, and that's bad enough for me.

I must say that this BB was surely the best source both for breaking news, eyewitness reportage & insightful comment. It made me feel proud of U all. Sorry to be slushy, but there y'go.

xoxo

― Norman Fay, Friday, 14 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I usually enjoy watching Fox News for my dose of America, but the recent events were serious enough that I avoided it - I didn't want to see any reporting that would be unintentionally hilarious. The initital reporting on CNN (in between the times when the planes hit the WTC and then the Pentagon) was awful enough.

― Tim, Saturday, 15 September 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

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