I Miss the News Mix Channel

I agree. I rarely used it, but I liked it when I did. Having a plasma, I liked that it also would dim if I just left it on.

 

They all regurgitate what each other spits out when something like this happens. When it's a normal day Fox is lambasting liberals, MSNBC is wondering why conservatives are loony nowadays, CNN is trying to be neutral and coming off as no where close and HLN is honestly like watching a TV version of the Star and Enquirer.

 

maybe there is hope that it can come back in HD only.

MLBEI mix has gone HD only.

 

It isn't needed on "normal" days but when an important event was going on it was a good place to keep up.

 

Like I said though they all say the same as each other when an event like that happens so what would be the point of seeing it on multiple channels if it's all the same?

 

The News Mix channel would have been very useful, considering this week's events.

Though, I did not see a use for everyday events, a channel which would be a matrix of local station, in an affected area, be it a natural disaster 9/11 or the Boston Marathon bombing would have been very useful. For example, with NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, FOX, FOX News, MSNBC, et. al. speculating, the Boston stations were closer to the action and getting the news. It was their NBC affiliate last night which was the most on top of things. Another example, Hurricane Ike, In Houston, having the feeds of the stations in a matrix was useful. Fortunately, KTRK had their feed on the internet. And of course, 9/11, I had distant networks then and having the New York stations was very useful over the national news outlets.

The technology exists for major news events. But, NAB, the FCC and Congress makes this kind of arrangement next to impossible. So much for the airwaves serving the public interest.

Finally, last night, the above mentioned networks all looked like a second guessing contest. The only people who knew what they were doing, newscast wise, were the local Boston area TV stations.

 

A news mix channel for something like this would have been nice. I think it would be a good addition for DirecTV to add a mix channel of the local new channels whenever something like this occurs. Obviously local channels get things right more so than the national channels faster.

 

I was actually able to watch a lot of local coverage from Boston using the Sports Pack. NESN was simulcasting WBZ-TV and CSN New England was simulcasting New England Cable News.

 

I never even thought of checking those channels.

 

Apparent, DBSTalk now takes phrases and creates links to advertising sites. The link, in my post above, was not entered by me; it was generated.

It is bad enough to be hit with advertising from all directions, but to change people's posts goes a bit too far.

By the way, the link goes to an E-Bay site that sells t-shirts; somebody making a profit off a tragedy; even more disgraceful.

To the moderators and DBStalk, please turn off this "feature"

 

I don't see a link but that might be because I'm running ad blocker on Chrome. Either way though yea. That's not cool at all.

 

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If its SD its dead to me.

 

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In his post (post #7) the words "Boston Marathon bombing" are a link for me. If you hover your mouse over the words it says "Link Added by VigLink". If you click on the link it takes you to an eBay listing for a Boston Marathon bombing remembrance t-shirt. I'm using IE 9.

 

No links in post 7 for me. However, there are two in your post. One for VigLink and the other for eBay.

 

Sorry to continue the thread hijack. I was on Firefox when I posted the link info. Yes, I've seen them on the old site as well. Personally, I don't care. They are not intrusive. They are passive. Just passing on info for those who do care.