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ameijers wrote:
> 
> "John R Cambron" <*cambronj@Chesapeake.net*> wrote in message
> news:upchi0ruiht9ee@corp.supernews.com...
> >
> >
> > Scott in AZ wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002 13:04:11 -0400, "John Gilmer" <gilmer@crosslink.net>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > >The solution is OBVIOUS.
> > > >
> > > >STOP watching TV.
> > >
> > > TV is a practical necessity (just like a credit card).
> >
> > This is a joke, yes? I can't remember the last time I watched a
> > network news cast or any TV news cast for that matter, has to be
> > more the 10 years ago. My TV is on less then 6 hours a week.
> > "Practical Necessity", I think not.
> >
> This whole thread is amazing. OP asked a perfectly reasonable question about
> how network feeds are scheduled, and several people siezed on it as an
> excuse to slam TV in general, or certain shows in particular, or proudly

My comments did not mean to demean TV news. The last sentence in
the paragraph of your post below sums up why I don't have the TV
on as much as the average household.

> To get back to OPs original question- last article I saw on the CBS feed was
> that he does the evening news twice, at 6 pm and again at 6:30 pm. Only
> changes for the second feed are corrections, fresh tape, or breaking news. I
> would assume west coast gets a delay of the later feed, with perhaps some
> fresh tape inserts or live feed for very breaking news.

Ok.

> And I do not understand all the posters about the 10 or 11 pm 'network'
> news. I've traveled all over US and never seen a non-cable 'network' late
> newscast. I have heard that for some of the 3-4 'flagship' stations each
> network owns, (ie, wcbs, wnbc, wabc, and their k-prefix west coast sisters)
> that some network second-stringers may also pull local news duty, but it
> isn't a network feed. But since I don't live in a flagship market, I can't
> verify that, and I haven't memorized the ever changing staff rosters of the
> network reporters.
> 
> And a last comment to those with their noses too high up to see the screen-
> yes, it is a vast (or half-vast) wasteland, but for a lot of us, especially
> the ones that live alone, it does provide the pathetic illusion of social
> contact and human company. Others, like me, use it as a fireplace, to add
> some visual interest and background noise while we waste time on the real
> time-sucker, this 2-way TV we call the internet, or while reading the
> newspaper (talk about dumbed-down pablum)/eating dinner, or doing actual
> useful chores. There are only a few shows each week I care about enough to
> stop doing other stuff and actually pay attention.
> 
> rant mode off.
> 
> aem sends....

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