[BC] "Breaking News" interruptions

[Alan Kline]

OK then, so why should the Big 3 networks continue to maintain news 
divisions? If this is such a huge problem, why not just get rid of those 
pesky, expensive news operations? I thought the whole idea was to get 
the audience to depend upon CBS, ABC, or NBC as a primary news 
source--not just as a news source to turn to when there's nothing else 
going on.

If one encourages viewers to rely on CNN, Fox, or the Internet for 
"breaking news", then why should they turn to CBS, NBC, or ABC at all?

I like my DVR as well as anyone else. If something I've recorded was 
interrupted at the time by news, well then, that's life. I can deal with 
that.

ak

Robert Meuser wrote:
> These interruptions are really annoying to the many who watch via DVR.
> Breaking news, EAS, etc are all worthless by the time they are actually 
> seen. If one wants news then it is usually from Fox, CNN or your 
> computer. You can flip CNN on and in a few seconds determine if anything 
> is happening in the world (down to car crashes and building collapses) 
> then go back to the DVR or DVD.  I guess the good thing about DVDs (or 
> video downloads) is there is no news or EAS to disturb the continuity as 
> happens with DVRs.