Ha! The news is full of stories like that...and I've noticed that Internet news is full of stories about "scientific studies" that prove things most of us have known for years. Smoking will kill you. People who eat a lot are more inclined to be obese. Folks from cold climates have a higher threshold for winter weather.

Oh I thought that was true :P kidding.

I know, for years back, they interrupt a program (local channels) for something stupid like a car chase. Now they make an excuse to give news and interrupt programs. So does this mean if there's a statewide riot burning everything on their path, will the news post it as a "Serious breaking news" or a typical "breaking news?"

Even during news, they have some unimportant reports like what gadgets are out now and how much they cost. If I want to know that, I'd go to the store or read it from (mail) the store paper.

I'm so glad we have satellite and a DVD player. :D

YES!  Duh!  Those "helpful" tips they give right before the holidays are a bunch of crap.  If I don't already know that ONE piece of pie is better than TWO pieces with RediWhip......I must be an idiot.  LOL 

I live in North Carolina, and the hurricane tips they give out every year just kill me too.  Stay inside!!!!  WOW.  Never would have thought of that one.  :-)

LOL!!

And they often save the best stuff for last so you have to sit through the entire show!

Jo said…
And they often save the best stuff for last so you have to sit through the entire show!

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True.

Telpher that weather thing is a revelation!  Thanks for sharing, I had no idea :)

Reviewer 11 I HATE when they interrupt TV for stupid things.  Here are acceptable reasons to interrupt:

• a kid was kidnapped
• a storm is about to tear the roof off my house
• a terrorist attack

Seriously I hate when they interrupt every 5 minutes for a "winter storm".  I live in MI, I've been through a million winter storms.  Don't interrupt to tell me it's snowing, interrupt if it's reallllllly dangerous, like deadly.

Otherwise, why not just flash on the bottom of the screen the news and let me watch my show?? 

Jo, now i get why my mom DVRs the news a lot - so she can fast forward to the good stuff!  However, sometimes it's hard b/c you can't tell what they are on so you have to keep pressing play to make sure you don't miss anything.

I actually wrote an article in college called "Infotainment" or soemthing like that.  I gotta find that :)  I had done some research on how the news is trying more and more to entertain and less and less to inform.

I get the daily headlines from our local paper in e-mail and it's amazing everyday what stories they choose to send as the "Top Headlines."  Many people make comments at the end of the article stating "they couldn't find anything better to report on than....." 

YES!! I so agree with you Vivasuzi.




lilsquibb said…
I get the daily headlines from our local paper in e-mail and it's amazing everyday what stories they choose to send as the "Top Headlines."  Many people make comments at the end of the article stating "they couldn't find anything better to report on than....." 

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LOL!

Those in depth news stories on a slow news day, Stamps! do you lick them or dip them in your martini? See our follow up story online. 

Now that sounds like an interesting story - how about dip them in your martini and then lick them ;)

LOL!!

Good one Vivasuzi! :D LOL!!

How about warning labels that make no sense?

I remember reading a battery package and it said may be refridgerated to extend life of battery but do not eat!  Uh duh...I'm watching my calories, I think I'll have a battery!

Right now I'm looking at the warning label on Eveready Super Heavy Duty Batteries:

Keep away from children.  If swallowed, promptly see doctor; have doctor phone (202)625-3333 collect.

Okay, it's bad enough the child swallowed a battery.  Now lets get to the ER but wait, we need to find that package with that phone number on it so the doctor can call Eveready.  Well, at least they are letting you call collect.  Now, since the number is posted I wonder if they would accept a collect call from us in general. 

 The CSR answers: "Eveready what's your emergency?"

  "My batteries aren't working." 

CSR: "Oh, I'm sorry this is only if you swallow one.  Please call...thank you, click." 

Haha, yeah warning labels are crazy.  You know what it means though?  It means someone HAS done that!  Most warning labels seem to come from things that happened.

I would hope a doctor knew what to do in that situation so you didn't have to find the number.  What's sad is most the time I don't even read warning labels at all... and I bet there's a lot of things I don't know about the products i use and the medicenes I take when I'm sick.  Oh well :)

Reminds me of the  mock news "special report" back in the 80's on SNL.....we interrupt to bring you this special bulletin. BUCKWHEAT IS DEAD!!!

Yeah, they do that quite a bit nowadays. But I don't think they make obvious statements because they think people don't already know. I think they are doing it as a quick reminder, hoping it helps to break some of our bad habits. Since so many people are overweight, they probably view obvious statements about food as a community service announcement. If it helps convince even a tiny fraction of the population to forgo that dip or other high- calorie food, then they consider the announcement a success.

I saw a news article this morning that said "American teens lie, cheat, and steal at alarming rates."  NO KIDDING! THANKS FOR THE NEWSFLASH! I HAD NO IDEA! 

I could have told them that for free BEFORE they did their study.

Haha nj, thanks for sharing, I had NO idea that teenagers lie :-D

So i was thinking... yesterday a flash came across the bottom of the screen about a local child being kidnapped.  It went so fast that I actually didn't notice it at first.  This made me think... why aren't these the stories they interrupt your show for?  here they interrupt to tell me stuff I could care less about, but they won't interrupt to tell me a kid was kidnapped? 

Get your priorities straight News People!

I think that most Americans are darned smart. Unfortunately, the dumb ones seem to go to work in newsrooms. (QGTM)

Ok now you are using shorthand that I had to look up :)  Maybe they should do a news story about all the text-speak that people use!  Wait.. they already did that, I remember a story about it for parents to learn what their kids are typing!