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Newspapers cover stories in more depth, but the news in the morning papers is ‘yesterdays’. Using the internet search engine, background can be found to most stories the same day as the story breaks.
A major disadvantage of the ‘television news’ is that the viewer often has to watch news either they have seen before, or news that is not relevant to them. For example, the BBC news on the day that the engagement of Prince Andrew and Kate Middleton was announced. It first appeared in the morning as breaking news, but then as the day progressed, it was on every news bulletin. On the 24 hour news, in order to add more content, the story became speculative; who will make the dress, where will the wedding be held, which day and month will it be held on. Invited guests who were supposed to be ‘experts’ were asked these questions. They could not know the answers, and so the much of the news on that day was a waste if time for those who did not want to speculate about the dress etc. For serious factual news and stories other than the Royal Wedding, people had to turn to the Internet. Continue reading →