What the news networks could learn from Twitter
Natasha Richardson, Tony award winning actress, was taken off life support today and pronounced dead. All this after a fluke skiing accident on the bunny trails at Mt. Tremblent in the Quebec Laurentides.
For about 90 minutes the words “natasha” and “richardson” were the main trending topics on Twitter. Now it’s “idol” because the average American cares more for American Idol than they do for dead movie stars. At least they will for about an hour. Then it will be something else. A few hours back it was “dodd” for Chris Dodd.
I guess what I’m trying to say is that we’re so plugged in now, we get so much news thrown at us throughout the day via the internet, that stations like CNN and Fox News who just recycle the same 15 headlines over a 24 hour period are pretty much useless. What was supposed to provide us with obscure and remote stories from around the world all day, and keep its content fresh, has failed to do both. The talking heads change from hour to hour, but the content remains static.
We would do better to have a 24 hour streaming Google News channel instead. Or just sit on Twitter.
In any case, RIP Natasha. You were great in Handmaid’s Tale.
Et tu, RightGirl? I was hoping you wouldn’t cover this story. Yes, it’s sad. Yes, we’ll all wear helmets when skiing. No, this does not deserve 8 thousand articles on Google News, or a blog post here. There are more important things to cover.
Comment by -b — March 19, 2009 @ 8:01 pm
Geez, tough room.
Comment by Rick A — March 20, 2009 @ 6:33 am
There is a Google News feed that updates with news from other sites.
http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&ned=us
I am not sure any news network can beat the millions of people posting local events for free on say twitter, unless news networks launched their own version of “twitter like” software. There would be a lot of junk in their as spammers, porn peddlers, and people shilling their products use social media as well. So some type of monitoring system would be needed.
Comment by Jennifer — March 20, 2009 @ 10:01 am
It is important -b to the extend one understands if they get a good rap on the head, it is a good idea to see a doctor for signs of brain bruising(swelling) or bleeding.
There is no place for this organ to expand inside its protective bone encasement. What better memory of this unfortunate ladies life if one life is saved by her’s lost.
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