| It doesn't take very long to get news fatigued when | | | | party affiliations, Current has accomplished their goal |
| watching television, especially if you're navigating the | | | | with the program "Vanguard." And of course, the |
| hundreds of channels on satellite TV and stuck in the | | | | tech angle is always present, since without affordable |
| section where talking head after talking head is | | | | and portable HD cameras, many of these news |
| offering the same soundbite opinion on everything | | | | stories wouldn't have been made in the first place. |
| from the economy to global warming. And in an age | | | | Unlike other news programs on satellite TV where |
| of faster and faster information, it seems that | | | | everything is sensationalized and the real stories are |
| traditional standards of journalism--with beat | | | | often buried or ignored, "Vanguard" manages to net |
| reporters and those who are well versed in the | | | | correspondents from all over the world who have a |
| subjects they cover--have fallen by the wayside to | | | | real first-person view of what they are covering, as |
| large-font headlines and a general desire to grab the | | | | well as great abilities with editing and production. |
| already attention-deficit minds of most who have | | | | Whether it's a look at lobster fishing in Nicaragua, the |
| been raised on quick-cuts in commercials and zooming | | | | impact of droughts around the world, or the current |
| angles in sports matches. | | | | state of the economy, "Vanguard" manages to put a |
| However, there's no reason to give up entirely on | | | | fresh spin on topics that have been covered while |
| how television manages to present the news, nor is | | | | delivering those that have never received their time |
| there a reason to automatically dislike everything that | | | | on the air. Currently in season three, the show is still |
| utilizes the new powers of the internet. There are | | | | one of the best sources for truly engaging news |
| even a few shows out there that are matching the | | | | reporting anywhere on your satellite tv dial, and its |
| benefits of reporting from just about anywhere with | | | | stories have made big waves in the world of |
| the more traditional in-depth look at a story that | | | | reporting, both traditional and new media. |
| reporters actually get to spend time with, and the | | | | "Vanguard" even made front page news just about |
| results are some of the most informative and | | | | everywhere when two of their correspondents were |
| engaging news stories of the past couple of years. | | | | detained in North Korea after allegations of spying, |
| At the forefront of this new news movement that is | | | | when what they were actually doing was working on |
| making satellite TV a lot more educational when it | | | | a piece about human trafficking. It took Bill Clinton |
| comes to current events is, of course, Current TV. A | | | | having talks with the leader of North Korea to get |
| channel that was founded with the mission of | | | | two young journalists released, and the story was a |
| providing more news, especially on subjects that | | | | huge part of mainstream news coverage for at least |
| were often ignored by the mainstream media, but | | | | a week. |
| with a sense of journalistic integrity that transcends | | | | |