Thursday, March 8, 2007

More From FREEP

The local issues that are getting the most coverage are still the Grant case and then there was also the Comerica leaving issue. These cases are the first that I see everytime I visit the website. Its obviously continually posting stories because that is what most people would like to hear about. The thing that stands out the most to me is the Grant case because that is what i'm always hearing about. All the other stories and headlines that I see seem so unimportant. For example there is some things about a running back that is injured or a specific stories about a superintendant, this to me is all garbage. I really do not care about such specific stories and would rather hear about global issues or even just issues that without a doubt will effect every person..not just the people in that school system or the people that like this football team. All the stories that only pertain to a small group of people are a waste of time and they should be covering stories that people actually care about. They definetly use the "drama factor" to play up there useless stupid stories so people will actually want to read them...especially in the titles of the stories they will use this factor to grab a readers attention. All the stories for Oakland county are about stabbings, killing, and attacks...this is taking the "drama factor" a little to far and people are now going to only think that terrible things happen in Oakland county. I do not think that news reporters give accurate stories or a variety of stories about what is going on in each city. They only pick the "juicy" topics because they believe that's what people want to hear. Personally all of that is NOT something i want to hear and that is why i choose to not read or watch the news because it is a bunch of garbage. The newscasters are fake and pretend like they care but they really dont at all. I think some of their stories should be about the positives that are happening in our cities and how we are changing them for the better. Right now i dont know what i might want to write about...right now there are just murder or attacks and i dont know how i could write a paper on something liek that. There is a woman that comes into my work and she works for my city counsel in Novi and I'm going to ask her what they are talking/argueing about now and see if that would be a good topic.

1 comment:

na-di-uuuh said...

I agree about all the pointless garbage that's put into the news. To me it's like a twisted form of entertainment, I don't think it's necessary at all. But there are people out there who love to listen to silly stories and sugared up stories, so it's hard to avoid the unnecessary things.