News

I watched the local news. What is most surprising about the local news is how watered down it is. They talked about the Colts about 4 separate times, and the weather 3 separate times. Between sports, weather, commercials, and other miscellaneous subjects there is actually very little time spent on news that really affects us. Even stories about robberies and murders, however interesting they may be, do not really affect us. What affects us the most is politics, and very little of that was talked about. That in itself is alarming, but consider the way the news is presented and it's even more alarming. The interviews with people related to situations are extremely mind-numbing. The announcers speak extremely fast and seem generally uninterested, except for when they get to talk about the Colts. In addition, they probably wasted a good five minutes laughing at their own inside jokes. In addition, it often seemed that the announcers would run out of things to say and jump to the weather. I can't imagine that I need to hear the weather 3 times in a half-hour span. That's not even taking into account that if I really cared about the weather, or the Colts, I would go online for that information. I am generally unimpressed with the local news and I think that it needs a major renovation. They have a service that other news mediums cannot offer - video - but they do not seem to be taking advantage of it by showing the weather, sports, and other frivolous subjects.