I’ve been wondering about something for a while.
Call me crazy but why are Spanish stations used to support the approval of the WTVJ sale?
If the public airwaves are supposed to serve the public, ie taxpayers, how is including a station that broadcasts in a foreign language serving the public interest?
And yes Spanish is a foreign language so don’t go about arguing with me how it’s not. When you go to get a visa at consulate abroad, such as student, work, or even a visitor visa a decent command of the English language is expected from you. I know, been there done it. English is also a requirement in the citizenship test.
And yes I know public interest bla bla you’re on crack. I haven’t smoked anything, really, I know it’s all bullshit, business and all about making money for the rich white guys to buy their hookers and everything but still. Just wondering, or ranting as it is by now.
This rant of course assumes there will be no news on WTVJ once, or if, it merges with WPLG. So there are a lot of unknowns still at play.
I don’t particularly get my news from local tv stations anymore even for someone with a blog like this, but many other people do. It would be elitist to assume everyone wakes up in the morning and checks RSS feeds and what not.
Even though the polls say majority of people think the media isn’t honest and the daily sludge that passes as news is anything but I’d like to think there is still some redeeming quality to local news in general.
Still. The more I think about it the more I’m starting to believe the removal of an English language newscast, if it should be done, should be considered on fair terms.
Based on data from english language stations only since viewers of Channel 6, or most of them, probably do not speak Spanish so Spanish stations can’t really be considered a choise.
But then WTVJ wouldn’t be 6th overall. On many days WTVJ’s news finish 3rd and 4th at 11pm and lead in the morning. Assuming ratings data is correct and don’t even get me started on flawed ratings.
So if we were to accept that the newscast is the most important part of the station then using sign-on to sign-off ratings data and include Spanish stations is another way to adjust the numbers to suit the goal. Kind of like car dealers.
And FYI, I’m not anti anything, I just feel like there’s an apples and oranges thing going on
* My views are in constant state of flux in a space where gravity and normal laws don’t apply. So if you feel they’re wrong do tell why and why I should change them
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