Read in the NY Times Magazine article, Multiscreen Mad Men, the following:
Rasmussen: I’m embarrassed to say that until last week, I had never watched Katie Couric in my life. So the other day I TiVoed the CBS news. And I gotta tell you, sitting in front of the TV for that long watching news was painful to me. I realized that I never get a half-hour’s worth of predigested content from one source anymore.
The interview went on to say that what was missing from the tradition news format is interaction. So much of social networking revolves around what someone is doing. I agree entirely. It would be great to know what Katie was doing, who she was interviewing to know whether I want to invest any time in watching.
I still hang onto watching the Evening News but it's not for learning the "news" as such. I hear the key headlines on NPR driving home first. It's for having Brian William's friendly persona quite literally greet me and set the stage for arriving home. I realize that if I miss the news, there is not enough there to bother watching what I prerecorded.
It's so much nicer to get the news I want: every morning I open multiple tabs and scan through the NYT, the BBC, and NPR. I have a Twitter account but have not integrated that into my life yet. Ditto, my RSS reader. Need an extended amount of free time to delve into their value as daily fodder.
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