Does TV news actually suck?

      Jeff Jarvis, whom we all know now from reading his article about the future of articles, analyzed the current state of TV news and how it needs to change to stay current in our ever-evolving world. It's true, many times we may think TV news, whether it is local, 24 hour cable news, or nightly world news, sometimes sucks. But why is this really? Is it because of the ridiculous, fake way the reporters and anchors talk? Or is it because of the way news crews can never really be there when the real action happens, unless it happens outside the TV station?
      
       Whatever the reason, Jarvis and I agree that something needs to change in order for TV news to stay a current
medium. What many TV stations do now, right here in Rochester is include people's feedback on current stories via Facebook and Twitter, and feature them on the news, perhaps to include some more "relatable" viewpoints. What I personally think is the best example of what most TV news, especially local, will be like in the near future is ROC City Tonight on News 10 NBC. It features today's news in a fast-paced way, as well as information from around the web. Having all that current information that we are bombarded with every day online, presented in a news format, in my opinion, is the way of the future. If that is a foreshadowing of what is to come, perhaps TV news will still suck in the eyes of some, but it will suck less, and that is a good thing.

Article posted by Jeff Jarvis on December 31, 2013