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Newsy is Talk Soup for News Junkies Minus the Funny

This is one of those ideas that sounds good on paper but in actuality comes off as more tedious than useful.

Newsy is a news service that creates "original video clips with their own reporters highlighting how various sources reported the same news item. The sources comprise a gamut of news organizations and blogs around the world, including CNN, Al-Jazeera, BBC, ABC, The New York Times and Fox News."

Here's a sample:

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Sure, it's nice to get some perspective but there is no actual depth and really no surprises and no insights are gained by seeing the predictable differences in coverage between Fox and Al-Jazeera.

The other problem is that the format of their videos feels tired and lacks any sort of entertainment value.  It's just a clip show, at the end of the day.

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categories Uncategorized | admin | datetime October 1, 2009 11:41 am

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