30 Day News Cycle?

[Pioneer1]

This came up on my feed a few hours ago......
 

Spain Loses All Power for 23 Hours | Watch

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but this power outage in Spain and Portugal happened WEEKS ago.
So why are they reporting this like it just happened today?
As if it's breaking news?

I've been noticing this lately.
Events that happened days ago and even weeks ago are just repeated over and over again as if they're "breaking" news stories.
Reporting major Earthquakes that happened weeks ago as if it just happened minutes ago.

Talk about causing confusion......

The ceasefire between India and Pakistan was announced days ago.
But this morning I'm reading a "breaking" story about missiles being launched from Pakistan and hitting targets in India.
...only to find out this was an OLD news story from days back but was posted on the front page with the other "current" news.

People often talk about the 24 hour news cycle and how they repeat the same news over and over again just to fill up time slots, but now they're starting to do it for WEEKS at a time.
 

[ProfD]

22 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

So why are they reporting this like it just happened today?
As if it's breaking news?

Talk about causing confusion......

People often talk about the 24 hour news cycle and how they repeat the same news over and over again just to fill up time slots, but now they're starting to do it for WEEKS at a time.

It really depends on the news source and/or outlet.  There's no shortage of them nowadays. 

 

One has to watch several news channels and read multiple publications to get the *real truth*.

 

I h8te when folks tell me about something they heard on the Gram, FB or TikTok as if that sh8t is real news.

[Troy]

17 hours ago, ProfD said:

I h8te when folks tell me about something they heard on the Gram, FB or TikTok as if that sh8t is real news.

 

Me too which is why I avoids these sources for news.

 

@Pioneer1 a reputable source with fewer resources is slower at gathering facts.  I'm not sure how long it took for the news of Spain power outages to hit, but it was not on the order of weeks but days.  It happened on the 28th of April I heard about it last week.  How soon after the event would have been acceptable to you?

 

[Pioneer1]

Troy

How soon after the event would have been acceptable to you?
 

Seeing as how the event lasted 23 hours, in this internet age where information can be shared at the speed of light...it's not a question of how soon "after" the event.

A competent and reputable news source should be able to report an event like that within 2 hours of it's occurrence WHILE it's occurring.

 

[ProfD]

11 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

A competent and reputable news source should be able to report an event like that within 2 hours of it's occurrence WHILE it's occurring.

The media immediately reports *news* that it deems important enough to cover right away.

 

Spain losing power doesn't warrant immediate coverage to the white media.

 

The LA wildfires were covered 24/7 until the last ember was extinguished.  Lot of property and money went up in smoke.

[Pioneer1]

 

Judging by your comments, I'm not sure if you and Troy fully grasp the point I'm making in this thread....lol.



ProfD

 

Spain losing power doesn't warrant immediate coverage to the white media.

Spain....like England, Canada, or France....is a major Western nation.

If an entire major Western nation LOSES POWER....I think that's pretty news worthy, lol.

Imagine if all of Canada went black tonight.
Would the latest draft pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves be more important?

[ProfD]

23 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Judging by your comments, I'm not sure if you and Troy fully grasp the point I'm making in this thread....lol.

I understand your point. It goes back to what you consider a competent and reputable news source.

 

23 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

Spain....like England, Canada, or France....is a major Western nation.

If an entire major Western nation LOSES POWER....I think that's pretty news worthy, lol.

Imagine if all of Canada went black tonight.
Would the latest draft pick of the Minnesota Timberwolves be more important?

It depends on the news source and how they rank the importance.

[Pioneer1]

My point was that there are those in the media trying to deceive and confuse the public by showing old news stories over and over again as if they're fresh and happened a few hours ago.

This also sows seeds of fear into the population because they experience those little "micro" traumas over and over again when they hear the same bad news being repeated.
 

[ProfD]

2 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

My point was that there are those in the media trying to deceive and confuse the public by showing old news stories over and over again as if they're fresh and happened a few hours ago.

This also sows seeds of fear into the population because they experience those little "micro" traumas over and over again when they hear the same bad news being repeated.

People need to do a better job of curating their news.

 

Start with a reputable news source that is well respected. 

 

Definitely do not rely on crackpot news agencies and/or social media.

[Troy]

On 5/13/2025 at 5:21 PM, Pioneer1 said:

A competent and reputable news source should be able to report an event like that within 2 hours of it's occurrence WHILE it's occurring.

 

Really? And still be able to report on Diddy, Sharpe, and Trump

 

We did not need to know this within two hours of it happening. If you want Blow by Blow news out of Spain subscribe to a news service from Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Pioneer1]

21 hours ago, Troy said:

 

We did not need to know this within two hours of it happening. If you want Blow by Blow news out of Spain subscribe to a news service from Spain.

 

Well, you didn't "need" to know that President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Why?
Now that you know...what could YOU or anyone else who doesn't have the power to heal him, do for him?

But like that old saying goes..."enquiring minds want to know".

He was a global leader and people want to stay "on top" of things that affect the globe.

Spain is a major Western nation and if power ends up going on in the ENTIRE nation, that's certainly newsworthy even if it's not absolutely necessary to know.
It could happen here or somewhere else.

[ProfD]

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Well, you didn't "need" to know that President Joe Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Why?

He's a former POTUS. Same thing would have been reported if it was Clinton, Bush or Obama.

 

But, POTUS Biden's diagnosis is front page news because he just left office. Also, partisan politics and political theater are making a bigger deal out of it too.

 

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Spain is a major Western nation and if power ends up going on in the ENTIRE nation, that's certainly newsworthy even if it's not absolutely necessary to know.

It could happen here or somewhere else.

Spain isn't as important to the US media as Israel, Russia, China and Ukraine.

[Pioneer1]

22 hours ago, ProfD said:

Spain isn't as important to the US media as Israel, Russia, China and Ukraine.

I'm sure Spain would be happy to hear (read) you say (typed) that...lol.

[ProfD]

17 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

I'm sure Spain would be happy to hear (read) you say (typed) that...lol.

Spain is happy to get whatever it can from the US.

[Pioneer1]

And THIS just came across my feed this morning (September 28 2025)

James Earl Jones, a Titan of Stage and Screen, Whose Voice Defined Generations, Dies at 93

The brutha died LAST year.
Why are they reporting this as "news"?????

[ProfD]

6 hours ago, Pioneer1 said:

And THIS just came across my feed this morning (September 28 2025)

The brutha died LAST year.
Why are they reporting this as "news"?????

Depends on the news feed.

 

I've seen news *stories* that are referring to something that has already happened.

 

It's annoying to have to do a double-take on news that is no longer relevant.

[Pioneer1]

I think they're purposely trying to confuse the public and create a "Mandela Effect" in society where people are totally confused about what is true, what is false, what has already happened, and what has yet to happen.

That way people are so busy arguing and fighting with eachother over what actually happened, they don't have time to see what IS happening to them.