TV news needs to stop link hoarding!
“You can find a link to the report on our website.”
That’s the same line every local TV news station in the nation uses to artificially inflate their website traffic. What they are really saying is: “We have no idea what we’re doing online, and our shortsighted logic tells us that we should funnel and horde all valuable web links on our site. But our website is so messy you won’t even be able to find the desired link.
“Furthermore, we’re pretentious and have no understanding that providing a courteous service to our audience (like saying, “For more information, visit WeLikeSharing.com”) is enough reason alone to keep them coming back — so we force the issue.”
I rarely if ever watch local news. But this sort of amateur move is enough to make me never want to watch again. Lame.
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You are right! Local news websites are always SO messy! But you know what makes me laugh too, is when CNN says, “We are blogging about this right now.”
Just old media trying to keep up with the new!
Totally agree. I counted one time during a 5 o’clock news broadcast for the local FOX station here. They plugged their ‘myfoxphoenix.com’ site about 30 times in 30 minutes. Talk about obnoxious.
I’ve only visited the site a couple times, and I end up switching over to Google News after getting angry.
I’m assuming old people with those jumbo Motorola cellular phone devices are in charge of the whole transition into an online presence for these stations.
I’m Ron Burgundy?
Local news does suck.