Re: Newspapers are doomed?

From: Havah Hope <havah_at_aperfectdealer.com>
Date: Thu 21 Sep 2000 14:01:02 -0500

JOHN GASKILL <gm_at_info-central-usa.com> WROTE:
> T.V. or radio news readers speak at about one hundred
> twenty words per minute. Very fast talking occurs at
> upwards of 150 wpm. Talk becomes almost unintelligible
> at over two hundred words per minute except to trained
> professionals like court reporters.
>
> T.V. and radio are great for headlines, but terrible for
> news in depth. Would you rather spend 90 minutes listening
> to something you could read in twenty and use the saved
> hour for something else?

I completely disagree. I think people want more
in-depth reporting from radio and TV. I know I do. I
listen to NPR (national public radio) specifically to
get those 8 minute news stories. The way TV news is
set up there is only 22 minutes of news in half hour
news show, so 8 minutes is a *huge* chunk of time.

Now granted, I listen in the car as I travel. I do not
know if I would stick around for that if I were not
indispossed anyway, but I know that on the weekends
when I only read a newspaper, I miss NPR.

Havah Hope
Internet Alliances Manager
A Perfect Dealer, Inc.
havah_at_aperfectdealer.com




Received on Thu Sep 21 2000 - 14:01:02 CDT