Vacation Robo-Post: How's Your News?

I only semi-regularly watch morning news, because the stories are quick, and there are frequent breaks for traffic and weather. But when I watch the 5 or 6:00 news in the evening, there isn't too much filler, though I rarely watch the 10:00 news (Central time, btw).

James, I was hoping your post was going to be about MTV's strange, yet intriguing show, How's Your News? I can't help but watch it and fall in love with the reporters, especially when they're being dragged around with John Stamos, learning how to pick up girls.
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But to your original questions, I barely watch the local news, if ever. The local news has become a parade of murder, politics, and crime, so pretty much everything you see in Gotham pre-Batman. I'm much more likely to sort through online news sources to find actual substance, instead of waste away in front of Supertan 1 and Supertanner 2.

I sometimes watched the local news in Chicago, but, since I moved to LA, I almost never do--they lost me the night that Britney shaved her head, and it got wall-to-wall coverage. The few times I've caught snippets here, it's reminded me of the "news" clips they would sometimes show on "Arrested Development." Besides rarely covering actual news, the local news shows seem very dated, very Ron Burgundy.

BTW, it's not just local news that uses You Tube video. I'm always amazed when I see CNN showing You Tube clips, especially because it usually shows them weeks after they first drew attention. So not only is CNN obviously looking for filler, it's also behind the times.

its everywhere like knock off cashmere blankets. the filler was obvious, i wasnt fooled one bit! Le' Vert!

We don't watch local news. From what little I've seen, its all overdramatic and depressing, with stupid teasers for "exciting" news that they save till the end, and its never that interesting, and they won't tell the weather until almost the end also, but tease the heck out of it. So we catch it every now and then, if something major is going on locally or if we really want to hear the weather, but almost never.

How is this post not about the MTV show? Weird. Just like that show. I can't really watch it myself. For me, it's still skewed a little too far toward exploitation. Also when I watch MTV it feels like I'm watching a television show which consists of commercials only occasionally interrupted by programming.