# What would the news be like if it only focused on what you thought was newsworthy? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942 "2014-05-08T01:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/21 "2014-05-08T18:56:48Z")
Weather can go from 10 minutes to one Sports is ok No “baby elephant birth at the zoo” stories. No anticipatory stories, such as “an announcement is expected at noon tomorrow, let’s all discuss what might be said.” Wait until the announcement please. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/22 "2014-05-08T19:10:25Z")
It would be delivered by Zombie Walter Cronkite. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/23 "2014-05-08T19:11:14Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The problem with trying to present balance is a lot of issues don’t have two equal sides. > > I don’t want to see, for example, a news report on vaccination that presents the pro-vaccination sources and the anti-vaccinations sources as if they both are equally valid. > > A good news source should be able to report “There are two sides to this issue. But one side is wrong.” What are you going to do when you discover you’re on the official “wrong” side of the issue?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/24 "2014-05-08T19:21:39Z")
90% Benghazi. 10% Animals who can predict the outcomes of sporting events. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/25 "2014-05-08T19:33:00Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > 90% Benghazi. > 10% Animals who can predict the outcomes of sporting events. So…Fox? ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/26 "2014-05-08T20:19:04Z")
NO animals, unless the animal ate someone or rescued the president from a burning building. Local news would cut weather and sports in half and keep glurgy “human interest” stories under 2 minutes. National news can tell me what’s happening in Ukraine or whatever the day’s hot spot is, what the day’s disasters are, or how it affects me if a certain bill is vetoed. Absolutely no broadcasts where a reporter locates a weeping survivor of a tragic incident and asks “Did you just see your entire family get mauled to death by earwigs? How does that make you feel?” ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2014, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/27 "2014-05-08T20:38:23Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > So…Fox? Exactly. The market has spoken. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/28 "2014-05-09T00:22:56Z")
All Kardashians all the time. ---
**Author:** ![rainy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c2a13f/32.png) [@rainy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rainy)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-the-news-be-like-if-it-only-focused-on-what-you-thought-was-newsworthy/687942/29 "2014-05-09T22:10:32Z")
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