• @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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    410 months ago

    Oh, NPR and PBS are absolutely solid, but you have to wait for them to get around to covering something, if they bother at all. :(

    Right now, turning on my local PBS station it’s…

    Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me… which is fine, but it’s not news. :)

    • Flying Squid
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      310 months ago

      Weekends are not very newsy on public radio, it’s true. But the weekday NPR stream is Morning Edition, which is basic news, 1A, which is more in-depth about current events with an attempt to be unbiased about it. Admittedly, they also do an hour of Fresh Air, but I would say the rest counts as news. And my station often breaks in if there’s something major going on.

      https://www.npr.org/about-npr/472557877/npr-program-stream

      I also think a lot of the things that channels like CNN put up as breaking news just aren’t. Even when they seem like they are.

      I guess also because I grew up in the pre-CNN era, I don’t feel I need to know everything the second it happens. I mean it can be interesting, but if I don’t find out about it until 12 hours later, it’s not a big deal a good 90% of the time.

      • @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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        210 months ago

        What I miss is Headline News. Turn on a channel, any time of the day or night, and get the equivalent of a 30 minute network newscast.

        • Flying Squid
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          210 months ago

          I agree. That was excellent. Originally anyway. Then it changed to ‘HN’ and had regular programming and does it even exist now?

          • @jordanlund@lemmy.world
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            310 months ago

            HLN exists as a channel, but as near as I can tell it’s all true crime bullshit now.

            “Look at this horrible thing this asshole got away with… OR DID HE??? Was he actually innocent all along? Or is he even MORE twisted than anyone imagined!!! Tune in to find out!”