Is television news dead?

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I used to work in a tv newsroom and most of my friends told me they did not watch the news because they could get all the info they wanted from the web without the anchors mumbo jumbo. Ate we heading in that direction that people will stop watching the 6 o clock news?
 
I do not think so - I believe what is happening is people are moving away from TV news because of two things; (1) the news is only about 25% of the alleged news air time, there are too many advertisements and to much that is not news but stuff like how to make a cookie, or someone wanting to sing, or something else that is more of a commercial than news. (2) Talk show hosts have ruined news. Although the talk show hosts are not news reporters they try hard to make people believe they are. Networks that air radical talk show hosts are pushing people away from TV news. The majority of news reporters are honest and trustworthy but talk show hosts have little credibility and in most cases are being paid big bucks for representing a political or corporation agenda.
 
I do not think so - I believe what is happening is people are moving away from TV news because of two things; (1) the news is only about 25% of the alleged news air time, there are too many advertisements and to much that is not news but stuff like how to make a cookie, or someone wanting to sing, or something else that is more of a commercial than news. (2) Talk show hosts have ruined news. Although the talk show hosts are not news reporters they try hard to make people believe they are. Networks that air radical talk show hosts are pushing people away from TV news. The majority of news reporters are honest and trustworthy but talk show hosts have little credibility and in most cases are being paid big bucks for representing a political or corporation agenda.
 
I think we're already there. There are so many reputable news sources online and so much time is now spent online that I think that's the natural progression. Definitely the demographic for television news is probably and older market whereas younger people prefer to get it online.
 
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