Stn Brk wrote: CTV-9 has opened its supper hour news with the Canucks for two straight nights now. Why?
Marke Driesschen wrote: people in this city are excited about the Canucks in the playoffs and, believe it or not, it is what people other than non-hockey fans are talking about, other than Anna Nicole Smith, Don Imus or Belinda Stronach.
Marke Driesschen wrote: people in this city are excited about the Canucks in the playoffs and, believe it or not, it is what people other than non-hockey fans are talking about,
Stn Brk wrote: Hey, Marke. If a gale force wind is headed towards Vancouver with the possibility of injury to people and damage to buildings etc, then the 'weather' story is - news.
If a hockey game has been over for 18 hours and discussed ad nauseum on radio, tv, internet, in newspapers and around the water cooler at the office, the 'sports' story is - history.
Sports guys will cover the game again and again - that's what they do. They have to fill air time between games. (FYI, sportscasting is the only profession where a diagnosis of obsessive personality disorder is an asset!)
My point is that when the news department spends its resources on sports features, we all lose. The reporters are not covering news stories. They're not getting in politicians' faces. They're not digging for the truth behind the press release. They are failing the viewers.
And ticking me off.
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