By Nestor U. Torre
RADIO-TV news reports are supposed to be rigorously objective, the better for viewers or listeners to get the unvarnished, undecorated truth—no frills or other distractions allowed—so they can make fact-based judgments on those events’ significance and impact on their lives. These days, however, that basic requirement is being flouted time and time again by [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2012 | in Columnists,Headlines | Read More »
By Nestor U. Torre
At a recent campus-based forum on television and broadcast journalism, we were asked some questions that challenged our previously stated views on what constitutes nonnews on local TV. A big bone of contention turned out to be our view that most “news” stories about fires, accidents and crimes are really not newsworthy, and shouldn’t take up as much time as they do on nightly newscasts.
Posted: June 19th, 2012 | in Columnists | Read More »
