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Dumbing down the news

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sinklair
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Dumbing down the news

Post by sinklair » Wed Mar 04, 2020 6:44 am

It’s clear that 25-66 management has low regard for our viewers. In the wake of the conoravirus scare, we are literally telling people how to wash their hands:
https://nbc25news.com/news/local/are-yo ... s-properly

10 steps. 1:20 of your time you’ll never get back. And a message to viewers that you consider them complete imbeciles. This is the new Mid-Michigan NOW!

Tomorrow on 25-66... an exclusive investigation by Dave Bondy on how to properly tie your shoes!



organman95
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Re: Dumbing down the news

Post by organman95 » Wed Mar 04, 2020 7:19 am

Everyone is doing similar "segments" of sorts. Many people truly are complete imbeciles and have to be told how to wash their hands, among other things...

Sad, but true.



sinklair
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Re: Dumbing down the news

Post by sinklair » Wed Mar 04, 2020 8:50 am

Organ: I agree.

We should stick with stories that focus on what local institutions are doing to prepare and respond. We don’t need to do this crap on hand washing.

It’s a choice. And news and station managers need to set the example about how we are going to be the calm voice during this outbreak... we don’t need to be alarmist or talk down to viewers. But that doesn’t get “clicks”. SMH



DAC
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Re: Dumbing down the news

Post by DAC » Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:37 pm

In the defense of the news being for dumb people, 38% of Americans polled said that they won't drink Corona beer due to the virus.



organman95
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Re: Dumbing down the news

Post by organman95 » Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:17 am

DAC wrote:
Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:37 pm
In the defense of the news being for dumb people, 38% of Americans polled said that they won't drink Corona beer due to the virus.
I won't drink it either. But that's only because it looks like piss...and tastes terrible.



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Re: Dumbing down the news

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Fri Mar 06, 2020 6:44 pm

R Bedell wrote:
Fri Mar 06, 2020 7:11 am
A better segment would have been to emphasize good hygiene among the LGBTQIA+ community.

The lifestyle includes a lot of urine, feces, gerbils, unprotected sex with multiple partners of various ages, backgrounds, ethnicities, and musical preferences.

Please be careful!
The article is about the "dumbing down of the news" -------------NOT------------"LGBTQIA+ community"
My hag/beard just saw this. For someone who wanted to start a Flint "Gay Network," associating bad hygiene and fetishes to being LGBTQAI.... just proves how much I cannot think of respecting "it."



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