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#3012163 20-Dec-2022 09:07

farcus:

I haven't watched fta TV in years but a while back moved in with my father to take care of him and keep him out of a rest home. He religiously watches the 6pm news, so as a result, I am usually hovering doing other things. What I would say is, that 60 min slot is wholly unnecessary and everything that is truly newsworthy could be dealt with in 15 - 30 mins.

My elderly mother watches the fake news on TVNZ at 6pm every night and gives a running commentary of all her opinions. It's very painful to watch.

She also listens to NZME radio stations which are even worse.

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#3012164 20-Dec-2022 09:11

alasta:

My elderly mother watches the fake news on TVNZ at 6pm every night and gives a running commentary of all her opinions. It's very painful to watch.

She also listens to NZME radio stations which are even worse.

Maybe she should watch the real news on Infowars.

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#3012187 20-Dec-2022 09:39

Rikkitic:

alasta:

My elderly mother watches the fake news on TVNZ at 6pm every night and gives a running commentary of all her opinions. It's very painful to watch.

She also listens to NZME radio stations which are even worse.

Maybe she should watch the real news on Infowars.

I still haven't been able to bring myself to even type that into a browser.

Would probably be a hoot. But I don't want to start down that rabbit hole. Flat Earthers on Reddit are bad enough.

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#3012253 20-Dec-2022 12:01

farcus:

I haven't watched fta TV in years but a while back moved in with my father to take care of him and keep him out of a rest home. He religiously watches the 6pm news, so as a result, I am usually hovering doing other things. What I would say is, that 60 min slot is wholly unnecessary and everything that is truly newsworthy could be dealt with in 15 - 30 mins.

It's a pity that TVNZ 7 met its demise. I used to watch that back in the day for a 10 minute round-up of news.

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#3012333 20-Dec-2022 12:50

I only read news so I hadn’t noticed.

There’s no particular reason other than NZ engaging Holiday Mode as a nation all at once, I guess.

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#3012334 20-Dec-2022 12:58

This is a great way to improve the overall content quality.

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#3013516 23-Dec-2022 16:18

farcus:

I haven't watched fta TV in years but a while back moved in with my father to take care of him and keep him out of a rest home. He religiously watches the 6pm news, so as a result, I am usually hovering doing other things. What I would say is, that 60 min slot is wholly unnecessary and everything that is truly newsworthy could be dealt with in 15 - 30 mins.

It used to be 30 minutes from 6 each weeknight on TVNZ, followed by Holmes, and all finished by 7. Then (from memory) the Gulf War came along in 1991 and suddenly there was so much to report on the news needed to be an hour long, pushing Holmes out to 7 o'clock. It's been that way ever since.

I couldn't receive TV3 when it started in late 1989, but I imagine it was probably a similar story there with their news and current affairs shows.

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#3013584 23-Dec-2022 19:34

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that TV3 pioneered the hour long bulletin. TVNZ extended theirs to compete.

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#3013722 24-Dec-2022 09:27

Both radio and TV news haven't realized it's not 1970s any more and NZ does not close down for 6 weeks like they used to . They still close down for weeks on end where the rest of the worlds news channels keep on going. The 6.00pm evening news will be 5 minutes of actual news and the rest filler dross

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#3013763 24-Dec-2022 14:09

old3eyes:

Both radio and TV news haven't realized it's not 1970s any more and NZ does not close down for 6 weeks like they used to . They still close down for weeks on end where the rest of the worlds news channels keep on going. The 6.00pm evening news will be 5 minutes of actual news and the rest filler dross

Given the amount of already obvious filler on TVNZ 6pm news last night, I was surprised they didn't manage to squeeze in 60 seconds on the Peka Peka Expressway opening - although I guess that would have meant dispatching a camera operator who is probably already on leave 😄

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#3013784 24-Dec-2022 16:01

The big weather presentation is over the top. 2 or 3(?) segments.

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#3013788 24-Dec-2022 16:28

alasta:

I could be wrong, but I seem to recall that TV3 pioneered the hour long bulletin. TVNZ extended theirs to compete.

That rings a bell, I think TV3 started it around the time of the Gulf War and TVNZ just followed suit.

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#3013789 24-Dec-2022 16:33

old3eyes:
Both radio and TV news haven't realized it's not 1970s any more and NZ does not close down for 6 weeks like they used to . They still close down for weeks on end where the rest of the worlds news channels keep on going. The 6.00pm evening news will be 5 minutes of actual news and the rest filler dross

So the same as always

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#3013791 24-Dec-2022 16:51

The thought of watching FTA tv, something I have not done in years, nor expecting to get quality news from said services is something I just cannot get my head around, I would rather slam my hand repeatedly in a cutlery draw than be subject to news via a FTA tv source.

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#3013793 24-Dec-2022 17:33

IMO, news could actually be reported once a week other than for rare events.

To be honest most of what they report isn’t really news and isn’t especially useful to know.

I think they’ve lulled everybody into believing the world will end if they don’t get “news” several times a day. It really won’t.

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