Sunday, October 16, 2011

Overwhelmed with News


First off all I have to say is wow. I never realized how much news is in a half hour. Trying to keep track of all the news plus commercials is a lot to handle. No wonder why society is very influence by TV, from all the information that is thrown out to the audience.

Here is a log of what was shown: 11:00 News on WTAE Wednesday Night
Breaking news: Police Officer was shot and killed in News Kensington, PA
The police officer’s name was not released yet due to the the family has not been notify. But WTAE believes it was Officer Derek Kotecki who was shot and killed. The suspect is Charles Post who shot himself after the incident.  Derek was shot and killed at 7:00p.m. near Dairy Queen.
Next Story: Home invasion in Elizabeth Township
Local Doctor Assused: Dr. Tahir Usman met with a 10 year old girl for sexual reason.
Tour Bus Stuck: This happened in a muddy ditch and no one was hurt
Vehicle Flips: Victim is in critical condition.
Judge was arrested: Ross Cioppa
Parking lot Rage: Terence Stubbs ran over Kimberly Felter.
Double Shooting: The location was Homewood, PA
Cat Shot: Cat was shot with a bb gun.
(11:09p.m.) Finally Commercials!!!! Thank you to the advertisements for giving me a slight break.
But first, WTAE must have a reminder of what is to come right after the commercials,
·         Back to breaking news,
·         Don’t talk? No cell Phones?
·         Weather
·         Ladies Night at Heinz with the Steelers
·         Anchors were turned into Art by a local elementary school
·         And lastly we have Dr Oz: the foundation of youth
The first actual commercial is Highmark that states “gladly accepted”
Second: Fish as much as possible- Mega Million Lottery
Third: The car commercials Buick- Endave
Forth: Octoberfest
Fifth: Molynequx
Sixth: Back to a repeat commercials Highmark
Now back to WTAE: There was a quick introduction of the Team of WTAE
Breaking News repeats: The fallen officer’s name still has not been released. Charlie Post turns the gun on himself. Says Derek Kotecki has two young children . But for further information please tune into the morning at 4:30a.m.
JIF peanut butter: Rising peanut prices so we will be paying more for JIF’s peanut butter.
Blackberry: There is service outage. And when will it turn back on?
Weather!!!: “The next phrase of joy.” Live pinpoint Doppler =  RAIN & more RAIN! Present weather and future weather shown.
Again this is repeated to stay turn to tomorrow morning new details at morning 4:30 a.m.
(11:24 p.m.) Ladies Night: 600 females dream night to win a date.
Action Sports:  Andrew Stocky Familiar Foe details ahead
Kelly Fry: Flue season
Dr. Oz: Fountain of Youth
Commercials: Sonic’s hotdogs, J.D. Power, UPMC Health plan, Century 3 Chevy, 3 Ringling Bros. Circus coming to Pittsburgh, and Weather to watch for.
(11:28 p.m.) Sports Report Brought to you by JCpenney
Ben Roethlisberger = AFC player of the week and also an interview with Ben Roethlisberger
Discusses Last Game vs. Jackson-lost 2008 playoffs
James Harrison Interview
Pirates did not pick up Maholm (pitcher) for 2012.
Pens-Penalty Killing Perfection then interview with
Marc-André Fleury
(11:30p.m.) The TV actually went black.

I took this as too much news to handle. As you can see from above there was a lot to write everything down that included four pages of writing down some useless non-sense. To me this news that’s thrown at us is way too much for just 30 minutes.
If I was an alien I seriously wouldn’t be able to comprehend this much information all at once. My head would probably explode.
Mostly all these commercials are set towards older adults such as Highmark and Buicks and also Ringling Bros. Circus is for the families that have younger children.  This particular commercials are shown during this time because of the simple fact of who is really watching late news show at 11:00 p.m.? The answer is very simple it is the adult crowd.
All the news that was shown on Wednesday Night was indeed a lot to handle and it pretty tells you to stay away from New Kensington along with Homewood. The only good thing shown was sports related which was on the happier side but other than that it was just very negative. But it everything was happy and pleasant in this world we live in, would there actually be so called "news"?

2 comments:

  1. Do you feel that the news does have a large influence on where people will go and visit or shop, and where people will just stay way from? Do you think that the news does create a fear in some people making them avoid certain places or situations?

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  2. I feel the news does have a huge influence on society and putting fear in people's eyes. Especially when it comes time to determine where you should go or stay away from. When there is a lot of bad news happening in a certain community people tend to stay away from. Look at when negative things happen down at Homestead at the Waterfront, people tend to steer towards another direction. When there was a shooting at an LA fitness, people did stay away from LA fitness for a little while. I understand where people are coming from because each and every person wants to make sure that particular place is secure and safe. The news is a part of our life, but we shouldn't let it run our life.

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