Week 8: Electronic News

I watched Kron 4 news for about a half hour. There were stories on the Oprah Winfrey show going off air in 2011, a gang-rape at a highschool that happened weeks ago, and some short coverage on the controversial idea of a movie being made about the girl who was kidnapped and raised by a crazy man. Every 8 minutes, there was a weather and traffic report that last about 3 minutes so the actual news only got about 12 minutes of time on the air. Advertisements came on every couple of minutes and lasted about a minute or two. There wasn't much sports on the news, but there was some "happy talk" going on between the anchors that was not valuable to viewers. The lead story was about the Oprah show going off air in 2011 and I think it was the lead story because she had been around for so many years and the show is the most popular show of the 20th century. The show has feautured every well-known guest that has had an interesting story and has adressed a broad range of issues. The anchors talked about the closing of the show in a very monotone voice but the words were sad.