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I LIKE this idea.......
When I worked in the Middle East, I got really used to BBC World Service on my TV, along with CNN International, (which is MUCH different than the US version).
Gradually I got used to BBC World News for 90% of my news. And I missed it when I got back to the US, both because much of US news shows anymore seem to be what celeb has been spotted without underpants coming out of rehab on the way to court or some such nonsense, and because the BBC assumes that you will either a) have current knowledge of the subject or b) will care enough to research it further.
In other words, they give you the facts, and leave it up to the viewer to draw a conclusion. Where it seems that a lot of the US news media seems to be predigested biased pap. (Fox "News" and CNN Domestic seem to the worse offenders, and Fox has actually *admitted* in court they make up stories)
Which is why this caught my attention
BBC tries an American newscast
"Nearly four months of planning bear fruit Monday when the hourlong "BBC World News America" debuts at 7 p.m. EDT on BBC America, a network available in about half of the nation's TV homes. Parts of the newscast will also be seen on PBS stations that regularly air news material from the British Broadcasting Corp."
This may be worth getting cable after the move.
Gradually I got used to BBC World News for 90% of my news. And I missed it when I got back to the US, both because much of US news shows anymore seem to be what celeb has been spotted without underpants coming out of rehab on the way to court or some such nonsense, and because the BBC assumes that you will either a) have current knowledge of the subject or b) will care enough to research it further.
In other words, they give you the facts, and leave it up to the viewer to draw a conclusion. Where it seems that a lot of the US news media seems to be predigested biased pap. (Fox "News" and CNN Domestic seem to the worse offenders, and Fox has actually *admitted* in court they make up stories)
Which is why this caught my attention
BBC tries an American newscast
"Nearly four months of planning bear fruit Monday when the hourlong "BBC World News America" debuts at 7 p.m. EDT on BBC America, a network available in about half of the nation's TV homes. Parts of the newscast will also be seen on PBS stations that regularly air news material from the British Broadcasting Corp."
This may be worth getting cable after the move.