Commercial TV News: Pathetic

Pager said:

Usually only watch the news on ABC or SBS but tonight watched channel 7 here in Sydney, the main news events from the channel “Were news comes first” was footballers behaving badly, Michael Jackson’s funeral arrangements, Baby Elephants and the new Harry Potter movie.

How sad and absolutely pathetic that Australians accept this type of embarrassment, also here in Sydney with a sizable Chinese population that fact the upwards of 1000 people Have been killed in China the last 2 days doesn’t even get mentioned.

As a Sydneysider I feel embarrassed that this is how Australian TV reports the news, and the obsession with anything American or to do with celebritys is equally embarrassing, any problems over there or if an American celeb does anything remotly naughty and its all over the commercial news TV, yet Asia on our doorstep and with many from these country living here hardly if ever gets a mention unless it’s a mega disaster with Aussies killed then they cannot ignore it.

*Rant over*

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DVEOUS said:

Rather than have a moan here, could I suggest being proactive, and contact the station(s) concerned.
When viewers ring with complaints (or praise), these are logged and generally discussed in Management meetings... or at least, the staff will have a chuckle over the comments.
I've worked in television since 1980.

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DVEOUS said:

Rather than have a moan here, could I suggest being proactive, and contact the station(s) concerned.

When viewers ring with complaints (or praise), these are logged and generally discussed in Management meetings... or at least, the staff will have a chuckle over the comments.

I've worked in television since 1980.

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MrBurns said:

They couldn't give a toss about a few complaints, if they did Daryl Somers would still be running Hey Hey.

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Julia said:

No, probably they wouldn't care if they receive one or two complaints, but if everyone who grizzled on this forum about the media were to express their irritation directly to the media concerned, then it would have an effect.

At the same time, let's send an email to the media outlet when we're really impressed with something too.

They're constantly seeking feedback. Why else would they be perpetually conducting audience research?

My guess is that the dumbed down news you're complaining about is actually what their research tells them their target audience wants. Your average Ocker doesn't give a stuff about Chinese people being killed, but is insatiable when it comes to celebrity gossip. So the media simply give them what they want.

Stick with the ABC and SBS.

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MrBurns said:

I think the news media can actually dictate or influence the intelligence of their audience , they can turn young minds into smart people or idiots.

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Julia said:

Well, I have more faith in our young people than that. Hopefully they are more the product of their genes and their upbringing than the influence of some crap commercial media.

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DVEOUS said:

When viewers ring with complaints (or praise), these are logged and generally discussed in Management meetings... or at least, the staff will have a chuckle over the comments.

I've worked in television since 1980.

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MrBurns said:

I think the news media can actually dictate or influence the intelligence of their audience , they can turn young minds into smart people or idiots.

They fail in this task, the ABC and SBS do not.

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