I’ve been an avid watcher of only two news programs in the morning before work: NY1 and BBC America’s broadcast of World News America. NY1 captivates my attention for the pure local news with no spin or sensationalism, and in the morning, I love their “In the Papers” section as it gives me a snap of all the major and local rags should I want to pick up one, or go online later to read more in depth news. World News America is an excellent source of world news without the US “Mainstream Media” spin and again, sensationalism. The show also covers issues not discussed in the national coverage like Darfur, education issues in India and even how the world is perceiving America and our new president.
The other options us Americans have are light and crappy morning shows like the Today Show (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), The Early Show (CBS), filled with filler TV about today’s fashion, cookery, recipes, entertainment news, reality TV plugs and maybe the top 2-3 headlines. There’s also the other 3 cable networks Fox, MSNBC and CNN. Only Fox offers their own version of local news before going into their own morning show: Fox and Friends. MSNBC offers Morning Joe and CNN has American Morning. Each of these three morning programs broadcast a lite version of their biased heavy evening news coverage from the night before. There’s no discussion of local issues and weather, and really I don’t need to wake up to this bullshit.
As of the first of this month, BBC America has decided to drop the morning program of the news and replaced it with their Trash in the Attic show. As a result, for the first time, I registered to BBC’s discussion board to post and register my complaint of this. Who watches Crap in the Attic anyway besides the over 60? Is this the type of programing the British think Americans would enjoy? What’s next a show about growing and brewing tea?
Bring back my morning news BBC America!