BBC Breakfast is 40 years old today. When it started I remember it was ground breaking, no-one had thought of viewing TV at that time of the day (although ITV has mooted the idea, BBC rushed to be first) and I definitely switched it on most mornings to catch up with events. Interestingly, it's now quite a dated idea what with internet access to thousands/millions of news clips available at a click of a button (or touch of a screen) and I think it's probably morphed into being a bit more of a magazine type of program but with a current affairs bent.
Interestingly, I never switch breakfast TV on nowadays, preferring to consume the news via a couple of phone apps and never tempted to watch the news videos, but I'm not sure if I am a typical viewer/reader or not. It's not that the medium of moving pictures is declining, you only have to watch Youtube of TikTok for a while to realise there is near limitless supply videos to entertain/annoy you for hours and hours. I'm fairly certain that this is not a good thing.
No comments:
Post a Comment