@JaredAbrahamWSU
In the two examples of ABC World News and the Oprah Winfrey CNN clips there were many differences. To me the biggest, and most obvious, difference was the picture quality. In the ABC clip the video appeared to be shot on some kind of low resolution film. In the Oprah Winfrey clip it looked like CNN was using digital Hi-definition cameras. Another large difference between the two was the narration. In the Peter Jennings ABC World News clip the narration was more monotone than the reporting. At one point reminding me of the old Walt Disney clips that would be showing off the plans for Disneyland. The ABC World News clip also seemed less biased, they were just telling you what was happening, instead of giving their opinion on the subject. In the CNN Oprah Winfrey clip, it seemed like there was a lot of confrontation between the news contributors, which ABC didn’t even have in their clip. Both channels had some B-roll clips they played while the narration and debating were going on, the only difference was the Oprah Winfrey clip didn’t really have a story in the video. Whereas the ABC World News Clip relied heavily on the video to convey the story they were trying to tell. As far as New Media being “offered as an improvement” (Bolton and Grusin, pg. 79), I think the argument could go both ways. The technology is better by far in the newer clip, but I much prefer the unbiased story telling in the older clip.