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Author:	pcernie [ Wed May 30, 2012 11:22 pm ]
Post subject:	Sick of soundbites?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18261989 Thoughts please

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Author:	jonbwfc [ Thu May 31, 2012 6:26 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Sick of soundbites?
if they do, 'BBC News 24' will have to become 'BBC News 8'. Their whole playbook, expect in times of genuinely worldwide event, is to take one soundbite and talk about ti for at least an hour. Jon

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Author:	l3v1ck [ Thu May 31, 2012 8:20 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Sick of soundbites?
He has a good point. But how much time can they give to debate in a thirty minute news programme?

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Author:	Spreadie [ Thu May 31, 2012 8:28 am ]
Post subject:	Re: Sick of soundbites?
John Stewart talks about the same thing in American News Networks, in an interview with MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. 8 hours of news spread out and repeated of 24. Everything becomes a "Breaking news" story, in order to keep you from changing the channel. The four part interview is on youtube, or was - I can't check - IT dept randomly blocks streaming sites.

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Author:	ShockWaffle [ Thu May 31, 2012 11:40 pm ]
Post subject:	Re: Sick of soundbites?
The tendency towards soundbites and cheap platitudes is based on simple empirical observation: the vast majority of the audience lacks either the will or the imagination to consider any political topic in more complex terms than those, which makes any attempt to explain a position in a less stupid way counterproductive. In a democracy, the weak link is the voters. Note how the second paragraph conveys my position more effectively than the first, even though it is evidently facile.

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