Saturday, January 24, 2009

Real News Disorientation Syndrome

I watch the NewsHour on Fridays, and it's always a little disorienting to do that after a cable news-heavy week like this one.

Unlike most American news programs, when the NewsHour plays a clip of a politician speaking, they play a full clip. Most American television news programs play less than a single sentence - a sound bite.

The shift always leaves me a little mixed up - I keep anticipating the end of a clip, but the politician always ends up talking longer than I anticipate.

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