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Just joking, of course, but news videos are getting out of hand. Some subjects, such as the power of an F5 tornado can only be expressed visually - mere talk-talk about damage and injuries can't possibly have the impact of a visual image.
But, more and more often, I will find a news item headline that appears to be very interesting, don't notice the little camera icon and click on it, then realize that it is not an article, but a look-at-me movie. And not a video showing interesting... well, video stuff, but just one or two talking heads blabbing about the topic.
So I then google around trying to find a site with actual information about the news item, without the prima donna overlay.
If it were presented in a text article, I can read about what they are saying in one forth the time or less, don't have to wait for their server to finally hand out the stream - stopping at random intervals when it gets busy, don't have to listen to the fan in my Air start to overspeed trying to handle Flash, and... so on. Sometimes, the load time is longer than the length of the news item.
I assume that the reason is similar to politicians blabbing on TV, - in that case, usually on a topic that they have no clue about - they want face time, and this is a way to get it.
Lots of talking head time and (maybe) a few seconds of actual information.
But, more and more often, I will find a news item headline that appears to be very interesting, don't notice the little camera icon and click on it, then realize that it is not an article, but a look-at-me movie. And not a video showing interesting... well, video stuff, but just one or two talking heads blabbing about the topic.
So I then google around trying to find a site with actual information about the news item, without the prima donna overlay.
If it were presented in a text article, I can read about what they are saying in one forth the time or less, don't have to wait for their server to finally hand out the stream - stopping at random intervals when it gets busy, don't have to listen to the fan in my Air start to overspeed trying to handle Flash, and... so on. Sometimes, the load time is longer than the length of the news item.
I assume that the reason is similar to politicians blabbing on TV, - in that case, usually on a topic that they have no clue about - they want face time, and this is a way to get it.
Lots of talking head time and (maybe) a few seconds of actual information.