24Hour News
February 5, 2009
BBC News 24
It can be argued that the development of the 24 hour news culture has led to a loss in the quality of news coverage over the years.
The need for round the clock reporting, especially on dedicated news channels means that news is often repeated to fill time slots. It also means that news is often broadcasted as it is coming into the studio, so the viewer of these channels has to continually watch to get the full story, whereas a regular time-slot news show, such as the 10 o’ clock news, has chance, most of the time, to develop a story and write it up properly before it is broadcasted. This allows for high quality reporting.
The internet can also be blamed for this need to know information instantly. People have become used to getting information quickly at the touch of a button, and are not alway necessrily concerned with the complete accuracy of what they are reading. The development in poplularity of Wikipedia, although not necessarily news related, indicates this, as it is often inaccurate, yet people still believe what is written without questioning its reliability.
