tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post8847662808582530675..comments2024-02-26T11:04:22.115+13:00Comments on Reid's Reader – A Blog of Book Reviews and Comment.: Something ThoughtfulNicholas Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05497366104216216952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-7504483343415658982012-03-31T22:34:01.578+13:002012-03-31T22:34:01.578+13:00Reinforcing news as entertainment, Tv 3 chose thei...Reinforcing news as entertainment, Tv 3 chose their presenter solely because he looks like Pierce Brosnan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-29169720967392315532012-03-08T00:52:44.996+13:002012-03-08T00:52:44.996+13:00Have you not figured it out yet?
The news on tel...Have you not figured it out yet? <br />The news on television is, by definition, entertainment. If you want to know what is going on in the world, listen to the radio or look at some decent news websites like the BBC online, or The Guardian. Surely you would only watch the news on TV if you were interested in being entertained by the "world famous in New Zealand" presenters?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3690077250072100801.post-48626485473889599782012-03-06T21:00:00.889+13:002012-03-06T21:00:00.889+13:00I couldn't agree more. I always thought it in...I couldn't agree more. I always thought it interesting that after the newreaders say "Good evening" they proceed to let us know why it's going to be depressing instead (not just the bad news but the political bias, attempts at wit and banter and then junk-mail commercials pouring into the living room every 7 or 8 minutes)<br />One nauseating bit of their predictable format is the fluffy 'animals and/or art' wedged into the last couple of minutes. Let's all lighten up at something inconsequential. This just reinforces what Peter Wells once pointed out, that there is an unbridgeable gulf in this country between the spiritual/artistic culture and the dominant materialist one.Hugh Majornoreply@blogger.com