What I Would Do If I had A News Channel

Good evening internet. This is your blogger with your local on the 8s.


Okay so I may not know how to accurately give you that internet. But I am wondering avidly, what would it be like running my own news channel. It might be really fun, and of course extremely stressful because I like things to be really nice. This requires a good bit of effort on my part and there are billion other things to do in the world. Maybe I don't actually want one. But I know what I would do if I had one.


There are some things I want to change about current broadcasting channels.


Most news shows are manipulative in some way. Be it unintentional or not. Most of the time it is intentional. The news often is used to control how people respond to a major event. Hey, the news even decides what events are considered major. If someone doesn't see it on the news how big of a deal is it? Maybe the news stations employ some kind of polling about topics that I don't know about or maybe they choose based on hearsay ,  I  am not sure. However, I know what I would do if I had the chance to have my own TV station.


1. Highlights Must Die. Mostly.


Okay that needs some explaining. My definition of highlights are the few sentences newscasters say about a certain event. For example, somebody somewhere was shot by someone else and the newscaster quickly tells you a few key things about that. Yes, I understand a lot must be done in a short period of time but it's not worth it if people end up misunderstanding the situation. I would only allow highlights if it were something inconsequential or something that had been firmly covered previously. I also would have all my newscasters suggest to the listener that they read the articles on the website about the event that was only briefly mentioned as there is more to the story. I am sure if the fact that the whole story is not told in the few sentences someone hears on their way to work is emphasized less misunderstandings will be had. I would also have my newscasters remind the listener that anything they didn't have time to cover on air was mentioned on our website and the listener would be more informed that way.


2.  Discussion Topics From the General Populus


If I had a news station I would like to cover topics I knew for a fact that people wanted to hear. So I would take polls on what people wanted more information about and send my intrepid reporters out to find out more. I am not sure how new stations decide what topics to talk about, but if I had a station I would want people to understand our process. So that they could see we really were covering topics they had deemed important.


3. Critical Review of Media


I would have a slot just for analyzing movies and other media. I think sometimes people use fictional movies as factual sources of credible information, and that a critical review of movies would invite people to think more deeply. This would invite people to speak freely without fear of being bullied by people who are believed to be the majority. Sometimes the negative people get the loudest voice and that's not fair. Also I think sometimes people are afraid to speak about things on social media because it has a lot of likes. That means next to nothing as people can like their own comments and even create more accounts. Having an open space on air for people to talk to the newscasters would be good. Or better yet maybe students and people of all ages could come and talk about how they see it.


4. Polite and Fair Treatment of All Guests Must Be Mandatory


I have seen discussions on the news where some guests are treated unfairly. For example they get hardball questions or the camera puts them in a bad angle. I really don't like that. It inhibits the watcher from getting a good view of both sides and manipulates them. I would make sure not to have any guest portrayed unfairly on my show.


5. Coverage of Local Problems and Practical Suggestions on How to Help.


I know for a fact people may stop watching the news because it's depressing. What can they do about everything that's going on around them? It's too much so why bother? I would get into the specifics about local problems and have my casters give practical suggestions about how the average person can take control of the situation and lend a hand.


Well, that's it for today Internet. What would you do if you had a news station? What do you not like about the news?


If you have the time I am curious to find out. :).