Which News Station Best Promotes Urban Living?
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I saw that piece, and almost vomited. I'm sure this morning, hundreds of soccer moms will be begging their husbands to move out there.
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I wonder if some of the news stations' bias come from their locations.
KSDK 5 is located at 1010 Market, a dead block of downtown surrounded by government, bank and telephone company operations that empty out every weekday at 5pm.
KMOV 4 is located at 1 S. Memorial (or 300 Market) closer to hotels and their guests, near the Old Courthouse and Arch, but still a pretty lifeless environment at night.
FOX 2 is located on Hampton between 40 and 44, hardly an urban environment. But such location does put them next to Forest Park, closer to the Central West End, and maybe most importantly near the City-County limits. Being near the limits, maybe FOX 2 can more easily realize that little truly changes at this magic line, with good and bad things occuring both east and west of it all the time.
KPLR 11 used to be located within the heart of the CWE, but they have since moved. Having roots within such a 24/7 locale of urban vitality, perhaps this helped shape their bias more positively.
KSDK 5 is located at 1010 Market, a dead block of downtown surrounded by government, bank and telephone company operations that empty out every weekday at 5pm.
KMOV 4 is located at 1 S. Memorial (or 300 Market) closer to hotels and their guests, near the Old Courthouse and Arch, but still a pretty lifeless environment at night.
FOX 2 is located on Hampton between 40 and 44, hardly an urban environment. But such location does put them next to Forest Park, closer to the Central West End, and maybe most importantly near the City-County limits. Being near the limits, maybe FOX 2 can more easily realize that little truly changes at this magic line, with good and bad things occuring both east and west of it all the time.
KPLR 11 used to be located within the heart of the CWE, but they have since moved. Having roots within such a 24/7 locale of urban vitality, perhaps this helped shape their bias more positively.
Ok I will come out and say it. 5 is a woman's station. I mean brest cancer is a great cause and all, but they are promoting awareness all the time, yet never a word about prostate cancer. OH well, it seems clear to me that any bias 5 has comes from their audiance, which must be mostly suburban mothers. I mean they have new at 10am, incase you missed some of the world changing news between their 7am and noon news casts. Really a very wierd station and its not suprising that many people on this forum don't like it. I mean the station isn't targeted to non-moms.
Still don't get the complaints about 4. The two 10pm anchors are solid and they have decent beat reporters. All local weather is poor, so that doesn't matter. And Steve "thick neck" Savard does a decent job.
The only way local news will get better? Bring back Kevin Slaten! Who doesn't miss those Ch. 30 promos:
"Kevin Slaten, on controversy"
Still don't get the complaints about 4. The two 10pm anchors are solid and they have decent beat reporters. All local weather is poor, so that doesn't matter. And Steve "thick neck" Savard does a decent job.
The only way local news will get better? Bring back Kevin Slaten! Who doesn't miss those Ch. 30 promos:
"Kevin Slaten, on controversy"
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STLgasm wrote:Did anyone see that 10-minute news segment on Channel 5 about Newtown St. Charles? If the answer as to which station is most anti-city wasn't clear before, it certainly is now. They were advertising this place as a utopic community "where everyone knows their neighbors," touting it as offering "the diversity of the city and the freshness and safety of the suburbs." Then they went on to interview a bunch of new residents who bragged about "convincing 5 co-workers to move here too" and talking about how neighbors actually talk to each other here, unlike U. City. .
I have a couple of friends that just moved in. Their house is "nice". We call them the Stepford Wives. The entire place is creepy. My friend heather calls it "creepy newtown" because its totally sterile, everything looks similar and there is no life on the streets because there is absolutley nothing around it. You have to drive for everything. Its like a weird twilight zone. The canals, are kinda cool though pointless. Oh, yeah in total hypocrisy they have a ban on gas lawn mowers and other gas lawn tools, but mow all the common space with huge commercial equipment Ha! Your utopia is a sham! I just proved it!
I agree with Channel 4, it's what I prefer to watch. I even think that Kent Ehrhart might be the best weatherman (or however you spell his name).
But I will say that I will never EVER get tired of not having Kevin Slaten around. I swear that I never let my radio hit 590 between 3 and 7 pm everyday because I can't stand to listen to that windbag. Gimme Bernie Miklasz any day, thanks. Hell, I'd rather listen to Mike Claiborne...and that is saying something.
But I will say that I will never EVER get tired of not having Kevin Slaten around. I swear that I never let my radio hit 590 between 3 and 7 pm everyday because I can't stand to listen to that windbag. Gimme Bernie Miklasz any day, thanks. Hell, I'd rather listen to Mike Claiborne...and that is saying something.