Sound Bite Culture
which 24-7 cable news inaugurated and has perpetuated.
Sound Bites (or sight-bites, with the photographs and film footage)
are not necessarily (some would probably say are Rarely)
legitimate News.
Bites (sound / sight) are just a seconds-long thing-ie
to "grab" our attention
(so tired of word "grab")
and --
sell us
soap
diets
anti-depressants.
or etc.
What's the antidote?
I like to read something that says "analysis"
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I see it everywhere though. Misleading headlines to draw you in - even the BBC website is prone to indulge. But my particular bug-bear is news that 'requires' pictures - no pictures, no news - and how this is exploited by unsavoury regimes such as the one in Burma. Whoops - I'm ranting - apologies!
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