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Mario500 · 09-20-2012, 01:11 PM

How do you feel about news reporters and news presenters expressing their personal feelings about the information they provide in between their provisions (for a newspaper, a magazine, a World Wide Web site, or a news broadcast)? News presenters and reporters in my area express their personal feelings about news every day during local TV newscasts. I wish their superiors would stop allowing them to express their personal feelings about the news in between their provisions. Their personal feelings are more distractful than helpful for viewers and listeners who just want to hear facts from them.

MickeyMac · 09-20-2012, 02:48 PM

I hate it, big problem I have with the news, and why I almost never watch it.

Every newscaster (even on the local news), spends half the time talking about their personal views about whatever story they are covering. True, they are entitled to their opinions like everybody else, but they are getting paid to report the news and nothing more, but they wont shut up about their own views. Now there are editorial sections for that, but news anchors, just stick to the news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

robyrob · 09-20-2012, 04:39 PM

gilligan fanatic · 09-20-2012, 06:39 PM

If I watch the news that's all I want to hear, definetly don't want anyones opinions. No need to hear it.

On our local NBC, WRC there is a newscaster named Jim Vance who after a local election they said who won it and then he said something like "we won" and that really pissed me off and everytime I see him that is all I think of is him saying that. He is allowed to have an opinion, but it should just be off air.

old grouch · 09-21-2012, 10:19 AM

I agree 100%. I just want the facts, not your personal opinions.

Retro4Life · 09-21-2012, 06:26 PM

Agree with everyone here. I hate the new "advocacy journalism". I write for a newspaper part time, and I never interject my own feelings into stories (and I cover local government as well). My job is not to report what I feel, it's to report what happened, period. The reader should be able to make up his/her own mind, through an unfiltered process of reporting.

I think this new way is the easy way. How hard is it to say what you feel about something? It's a lot harder to just put the facts out there, being very careful that you are being fair to all sides, and being careful to make the story, not yourself, the focus. Self restraint is sometimes hard, but it's necessary if you are to honor the duty you are charged with, and as corny as it sounds, I think it's a sacred one.

70s show watcher · 09-21-2012, 07:51 PM

i dont lose sleep over them doing it butat the same time i think it was better in the days whrn they just reported the story and nothing else

70s show watcher · 09-21-2012, 07:51 PM

sorry for all the mispellings

09-20-2012, 01:11 PM	#1
Mario500 Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 14, 2011 Posts: 1,113	News Reporters and News Presenters Expressing Their Personal Feelings How do you feel about news reporters and news presenters expressing their personal feelings about the information they provide in between their provisions (for a newspaper, a magazine, a World Wide Web site, or a news broadcast)? News presenters and reporters in my area express their personal feelings about news every day during local TV newscasts. I wish their superiors would stop allowing them to express their personal feelings about the news in between their provisions. Their personal feelings are more distractful than helpful for viewers and listeners who just want to hear facts from them.

09-20-2012, 04:39 PM	#3
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09-20-2012, 06:39 PM	#4
gilligan fanatic Born to Be Bad Forum Fanatic Join Date: May 06, 2001 Location: down by the Lagoon Posts: 9,954	If I watch the news that's all I want to hear, definetly don't want anyones opinions. No need to hear it. On our local NBC, WRC there is a newscaster named Jim Vance who after a local election they said who won it and then he said something like "we won" and that really pissed me off and everytime I see him that is all I think of is him saying that. He is allowed to have an opinion, but it should just be off air.
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09-21-2012, 06:26 PM	#6
Retro4Life Accept No Substitutes Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 04, 2009 Location: IL Posts: 6,708	Agree with everyone here. I hate the new "advocacy journalism". I write for a newspaper part time, and I never interject my own feelings into stories (and I cover local government as well). My job is not to report what I feel, it's to report what happened, period. The reader should be able to make up his/her own mind, through an unfiltered process of reporting. I think this new way is the easy way. How hard is it to say what you feel about something? It's a lot harder to just put the facts out there, being very careful that you are being fair to all sides, and being careful to make the story, not yourself, the focus. Self restraint is sometimes hard, but it's necessary if you are to honor the duty you are charged with, and as corny as it sounds, I think it's a sacred one.
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09-20-2012, 02:48 PM	#2
MickeyMac Member Forum Star Join Date: Jun 18, 2008 Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan Posts: 19,008	I hate it, big problem I have with the news, and why I almost never watch it. Every newscaster (even on the local news), spends half the time talking about their personal views about whatever story they are covering. True, they are entitled to their opinions like everybody else, but they are getting paid to report the news and nothing more, but they wont shut up about their own views. Now there are editorial sections for that, but news anchors, just stick to the news!!!!!!!!!!!!!

09-21-2012, 10:19 AM	#5
old grouch Member Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2010 Location: montana Posts: 1,877	I agree 100%. I just want the facts, not your personal opinions.

09-21-2012, 07:51 PM	#7
70s show watcher Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 20, 2008 Location: between point place and studio 8 h Posts: 4,549	i dont lose sleep over them doing it butat the same time i think it was better in the days whrn they just reported the story and nothing else