Replies to post #406334 on Tornado Alley (PROG)

[blackhawks]

Yeah, I get the idea. Indulging personal pique about appearances VS paying attention to content.

How difficult is it for you, really, to get past 'gee she's getting old, and those expressions', and to listen to the interview?

In a 24/7 news cycle existence, a weekly newsmagazine is relatively unnecessary, as is the national network evening news, too.

There's a large population of working people, not tuned into cable news, for whom the conciseness of a half hour of news is just right. And 3 relatively in depth interviews or feature stories over the course of an hour has certainly survived the test of time.

Ain't any flat screen TVs on those coal mine walls now is there?

[wEaReLeGiOn]

Like you I'm not sure who's left, but apparently Leslie Stahl is (still) a corespondent, but not an anchor per se.

https://www.cbsnews.com/60-minutes/

In today's world, something hours old is clicked past, let alone the better part of a week at least.

Australiaian 60 mins isn't as old, nor has it risen to the success of 60 Minutes US. At one time it was the most successful News program the world over. The Aussie's seem quite happy to pick up the torch.

Give 'em a try sometime perhaps? =)

[Zorax]

The visual medium is what it is.
Directors and editors have decided what they think viewers want to see. They get carried away a lot.

In video, there is content, visual and audio. Turn off audio, you experience only video and video cues and what a director/producer/editor wants you to experience. Turn off video, and the audio may or may not make sense without the visual 'close ups'- cut ins.

The medium has become a visual force feed. Ever notice in a 3 minute plus news piece, they show the same video over and over? Yes, one can say they need to show information for a new viewer and stuff, but it's usually as simple as they don't have new video or the studio isn't going to bother to update their vid data.

It's tv and visual, and producers and directors are conditioned that they have to fill every sec with an image, regardless of the content. And sometimes sickening unnecessary movement. msnbc is horrible with this. They almost always show the same vid snip all day when everyone else has a ton of stuff they are showing.

On the interview you the viewer is led around in any direction they want to show you. Much of it is subconscious.

The tendency directors and tv has had for a while which I can't stand or stomach is showing half frame images (like 1/2 a second) and think people comprehend this. Not talking about intro effects, but actual interview or news shots just for the sake of filling space or speeding through information. Or just because the directer thinks 4 seconds of a persons face is too long so they cut away...

I disagree that a national evening news is unnecessary, it's a viable source of info and weekly mag tv is mostly special interest stories with topical updates and you can take or leave the weeklies for sure.

Always remember unless legit live and happening, tv is edited to the second and rarely by chance. Like ugly digitals in the paper and internet, the editors have access to literally a million digitals of public figures and will insert whatever they feel about that figure. All center/left internet and issues only show fucker charlatan of faux spews with an expression of taking a shit and looking dumb. Opposite for right wingers.

I meant to write one of two sentences about purposeful planting of images and went too long. Sorry.