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[treestar]

1. I agree - everything overhyped

My favorites are that nothing edges up or increases or decreases or abates, but skyrockets and plummets. If it does not sound dramatic, they think everyone will turn their shows off. But as you say it gets to a point where they've cried wolf too much.

[barbtries]

2. no you're absolutely right.

one reason why i don't have tv any more. i feel like a pavlov's dog when i watch it.

[Retired George]

3. Another Old Man Agrees

I often think we were better off with ABC, CBS, NBC, PBS.

[apcalc]

4. Agree! Am I a grumpy old woman?

Hell no! 😀 You are spot on!

[C_U_L8R]

5. I'm blaming Pavlov

They use that breaking news device
because they know it commands our
attention. And then they abuse it
to drive up ratings. Eventually we
become immune to it and it just
fades into the media noise. Then
they find a fresh new gimmick to
get our attention. Lather rinse repeat.

[TexasProgresive]

6. I'm in the C C & C club- want to join?

Crotchety,Cantankerous and Curmudgeonly (people of a certain age) Club

[VWolf]

8. I just hit 50. Do I qualify? n/t

[TexasProgresive]

10. Sure, some are born old. It's a state of mind.

And you can now join AARP- I don't know what for but you can.

[VWolf]

11. Great. I'll bring cookies n/t

[TexasProgresive]

12. Make 'em soft. Some members have denture malfunctions.

[Odin2005]

7. This grumpy old 30yo agrees with you!

[madokie]

9. This old grumpy ass man

just switches the TV to the science or history channel, mostly the science channel once the local news is done. I refuse to listen to the likes of wolf blitzer or any of the others on the cable so called news channels. Fuck the bunch of them with each others dicks, just stay the fuck away from mine

Joy Reed, (not sure of the spelling,) is the only one I can think of that is worthy of my time.

[tiptonic]

13. Trash Tv

Nothing but trash tv. The whole of media, has gone to the fox news (National Enquirer) method of journalism. Its all about the dollar. Grumpy old man here too!!!

[PatSeg]

14. I think it started with 9/11

People were tuned in to cable news every day, pretty much all day. There really was a lot of "Breaking News" for quite some time. Viewers became conditioned to react to the "Breaking News" tag, so networks started using it for what was previously called just "News".

I can't imagine how they will get our attention if there ever is a real earth shattering story, as we've all become desensitized to their fake banners.

[AlbertCat]

16. I think it started with 9/11

I think it started with coverage of Bill Clinton's presidency.

And that "Gingrich Revolution" thing where they invented the term "Liberal Media".

[PatSeg]

21. I think they got addicted to these

sensational stories and the ratings that went with them. In the process, they forgot how to report on regular stories, so they had to get creative.

I cited 9/11 as that was when I became a news junkie and I know that is true of a lot of people that I know. Unfortunately, some tuned into Fox and never turned it off.

[AlbertCat]

15. Thank you....

...... and good night.

[lame54]

17. Ok...

I'll turn the music down and get off your lawn

[Paladin]

18. You're dead-bang correct, in this grumpy old man's opinion. (nt)

[Yonnie3]

19. You don't sound like a grumpy old man,

you sound like an intelligent human.

I agree completely with you and want to add my thought that always popped into my mind when I was still getting fooled by that breaking news banner. It was "How stupid do they think I am?"

Websites also abuse the breaking news banner putting it up whenever they post a new story.

[retrowire]

20. its because theyve conditioned generations

Of people to see that alert and think it shares the same importance as a JFK incident.

[elias7]

22. The problem becomes one of future generations

Growing up in a whole new reality...a lesser one.

[tom_kelly]

23. I'm with you there.

My heart would skip too, when they'd break into programming. I always thought it was going to be the end of the world. Another bad childhood memory in NJ is seeing the vapor trails of high flying jets coming from the east and wondering if they were nuclear missiles from the USSR. How can you blame me? The nuns had me believing the world was going to end soon.

When I watch the teevee, I also watch the science channels. Discovery channel used to be interesting but I'm not much into scripted naked shows. Hey, that's just me.

[ancianita]

24. If SANE is grumpy, then yeah, you're grumpy ... and it doesn't take old to be grumpy.

[world wide wally]

25. As Stephanie Miller said says

"When news breaks here,
It stays broke"

[mainstreetonce]

26. I remember

my father reading three newspapers everyday. He loved Time magazine. He started complaining that it was becoming more entertainment than real news.

That was in the 7o's.

I cannot imagine what he would think of the news today.

[ckimmy57]

27. Agree 100 %

You are spot on. Now I see that "breaking news" and wonder who broke up....who said what about whom. I am a grumpy old woman and proud of it....lol

[forest444]

28. And that's the way it is.

Well said, BassMazter.

[unblock]

29. they sometimes have "breaking news" to announce that there might be news later.

seriously, the "breaking news" in the middle of the day was that someone was going to have a press conference that evening.

maybe "breaking news" is the right term, because our news media is broken, that's for sure.

[left-of-center2012]

30. BREAKING NEWS: ----> Kim Kardashian ...

I know what you mean.

[mountain grammy]

31. I'm with you!

[eShirl]

32. yeah, but those BREAKING NEWS were interrupting regular programming (usually entertainment)

it had to be an "oh shit" event to justify that

[Nitram]

33. As one grumpy old man to anaother: right on!

[FrodosPet]

34. Snow reports in Michigan

Once upon a time, snow in Michigan was something mentioned during the weather forecast - "drive safely, try to stay off the roads". Nowadays, anything more than 2 or 3 inches triggers a "Snowmageddon" with wall-to-wall coverage of doom.

[MrModerate]

35. The driving force -- See Springsteen, Bruce . . .

1992's "57 Channels (and Nothin' On)." It's not just the futurists who are prescient.

[Pacifist Patriot]

36. I feel exactly the same. Hate it!

[Augiedog]

37. I suspect they get more in advertising dollars when commercials can be attached to "breaking news"

[freebrew]

38. Watching the freewaves...

I've also noticed that the 'News' has replaced a lot of other programming.
It starts at 2 am here, on for 8 hrs, a game show or two and then more 'news'.

Nothing important to say, at least if there is they're not saying it.

Blank stares, mispronunciations and the personal banter doesn't belong on a real News show. IMO.

Is there really a journalist working somewhere?
I heard that MO University is cutting into its' journalism program.
I guess it doesn't rate like the old days.

Yeah, I'm an old grouch, so what?

[The2ndWheel]

39. The internet is 24/7

If anything has desensitized people, it's the internet. Always on cable news had its place at one time, but even it doesn't do the job the internet can do anymore.

[Shanti Mama]

40. 24 hours news was the beginning of the end

When Ted Turner decided to create a news network he created a "demand" for news. That's all it took, and the rest is history.

[skypilot]

41. I'm with you 1000%...

...and where I live, the local news is even worse. The beginning of almost every news broadcast starts with a "Breaking News" story and it's usually just some sort of vehicle accident. Fucking ridiculous.