tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post111938847355115500..comments2024-03-06T03:15:58.539-05:00Comments on <b>THE NEW REFORM CLUB</b>: News for the Whole FamilyHunter Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119467368728783402005-06-22T15:09:00.000-04:002005-06-22T15:09:00.000-04:00I agree that reading the newspaper is an excellent...I agree that reading the newspaper is an excellent idea. We do read the newspaper together, although ironically the lead content in newsprint makes it somewhat un-safe for very small children. <BR/><BR/>In ADDITION to reading the newspaper, when I'm cooking dinner, after eight+ hours of playtime and library books and chores, I'd love a kid-friendly news channel. <BR/><BR/>Yes, all of the TV news I see is pretty bad. We watch the BBC sometimes. But like my father points out, we have over hundreds of channels of mind-atrophying programming. Surely one of those channels could toss an hour of the evening to a kid-friendly newscast that - hey! - might even be good enough for grownups to enjoy.<BR/><BR/>We all love/hate the TV, but reality is that it's a part of life with kids. Perhaps we can make it a less-bad part?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119466609685651582005-06-22T14:56:00.000-04:002005-06-22T14:56:00.000-04:00So that's what's been leaking out of my ears these...So that's what's been leaking out of my ears these past few weeks...James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119458988713750872005-06-22T12:49:00.000-04:002005-06-22T12:49:00.000-04:00If the current news channels were suitable for any...If the current news channels were suitable for anybody, I'd agree with the suggestion that we should have a news channel which is suitable for everybody.<BR/><BR/>Sure, this "family friendly" station may not have the graphic violence and sex of the other news stations, but if the reporting style is similar it will be just as destructive. As Tlaloc said, "the infotainment of today or the ludicrously trusting "reporting" of 1957."<BR/><BR/>So I say it again: newspapers. Read it to your kids and have them read along with you when they're old enough. If you're too tired for that, then possibly NPR radio news can do the trick.<BR/><BR/>TV rots yer brain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119458287340493802005-06-22T12:38:00.000-04:002005-06-22T12:38:00.000-04:00I find nothing objectionable in asking for one cha...I find nothing objectionable in asking for one channel that specializes in family-acceptable news. So long as it doesn't take the option away from parents or other consumers who want to see the other kinds of news, it's really not so objectionable.James F. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16747033407956667363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119404561606871242005-06-21T21:42:00.000-04:002005-06-21T21:42:00.000-04:00I think what she's asking for is called CBS News c...I think what she's asking for is called CBS News circa 1957 and wouldn't we all like to have it? As a parent of two, I can easily agree. I've switched just in time and TOO LATE from the news as my little boy locked in.Hunter Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14961831404331998743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776899.post-1119394500693247042005-06-21T18:55:00.000-04:002005-06-21T18:55:00.000-04:00TV-G news? It's called a newspaper.TV-G news? It's called a newspaper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com