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Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts) Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:14 AM Oct 2014

The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage - Russell Howard's Good News

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The difference between US vs UK Ebola news coverage - Russell Howard's Good News (Original Post) Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 OP

Hilarious.... and so true about the differences riverbendviewgal Oct 2014 #1

The news used to be the way stations earned their time on the public airwaves.... Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #3

I love it when he does his English accent! n/t SpankMe Oct 2014 #2

You mean American accent? progressoid Oct 2014 #4

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)

1. Hilarious.... and so true about the differences

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:37 AM

Oct 2014

also can say there are same differences between Canadian and American.

It is all about money... American media has to create fear with false hype in order to get viewers. sad but true.

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

3. The news used to be the way stations earned their time on the public airwaves....

Reply to riverbendviewgal (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 02:10 PM

Oct 2014

Then it became linked to the ratings and became "infotainment".

This allowed them to cut back on news bureaus. CNN used to have bureaus all over the country and the world filing reports. If there was news out of Moscow someone like Bernard Shaw would kick it over to a reporter on the ground there and then STFU and let them do the talking.

SpankMe

(2,953 posts)

2. I love it when he does his English accent! n/t

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 11:45 AM

Oct 2014

progressoid

(49,917 posts)

4. You mean American accent?

Reply to SpankMe (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 31, 2014, 02:40 PM

Oct 2014

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