Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:
>
>>
>> [ … ]
>
>>
>>
>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms that
>> arrive at 9 pm.
>
> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is the middle
> of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.

Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern Canada.

>>
>> I take it, though, that your other sources of news are not attractive to
>> you at the time in question.

-d

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On 2024-03-14 10:57:50 +0000, Snidely said:

> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:
>>
>>>
>>> [ … ]
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms that
>>> arrive at 9 pm.
>>
>> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is the
>> middle of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.
>
>
> Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern Canada.

OK, a North-America-centric view, if you prefer.

Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in Calgary.
The television news started with pictures of several capitals
(Washington DC, Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news itself did't
mention anything that had happened more than 10 km from Calgary.

>
>>>
>>> I take it, though, that your other sources of news are not attractive
>>> to you at the time in question.
>
> -d

--
athel -- biochemist, not a physicist, but detector of crackpots

On Thu, 14 Mar 2024, at 12:29:47, Athel Cornish-Bowden posted:
>On 2024-03-14 10:57:50 +0000, Snidely said:
>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>>> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:
>>>
>>>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms
>>>>that arrive at 9 pm.
>>> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is
>>>the middle of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.
>> Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern
>>Canada.
>
>OK, a North-America-centric view, if you prefer.
>
>Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in Calgary.
>The television news started with pictures of several capitals
>(Washington DC, Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news itself did't
>mention anything that had happened more than 10 km from Calgary.
>
I'm planning to be in Calgary in a couple of months' time. With any
luck, I'll remember to check on that. Then moving on to the culture of
Vancouver, after which the pub on the island, the Nanaimo bar...
--
Paul W

Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
> On 2024-03-14 10:57:50 +0000, Snidely said:
>
>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>>> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:

>>>>
>>>> [ … ]
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms that
>>>> arrive at 9 pm.
>>>
>>> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is the
>>> middle of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.
>>
>>
>> Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern Canada.
>
> OK, a North-America-centric view, if you prefer.
>
> Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in Calgary. The
> television news started with pictures of several capitals (Washington DC,
> Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news itself did't mention anything that
> had happened more than 10 km from Calgary.

Well, yes, and I wouldn't be surprised if Peter's local news wasn't
similar, although maybe different intro pictures. I also imagine that
your local news is dominated by things that happen during your daytime.

[...]

/dps

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On 2024-03-15 01:00:33 +0000, Snidely said:

> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>> On 2024-03-14 10:57:50 +0000, Snidely said:
>>
>>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>>>> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:
>
>>>>>
>>>>> [ … ]
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms that
>>>>> arrive at 9 pm.
>>>>
>>>> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is the
>>>> middle of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.
>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern Canada.
>>
>> OK, a North-America-centric view, if you prefer.
>>
>> Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in Calgary.
>> The television news started with pictures of several capitals
>> (Washington DC, Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news itself did't
>> mention anything that had happened more than 10 km from Calgary.
>
> Well, yes, and I wouldn't be surprised if Peter's local news wasn't
> similar, although maybe different intro pictures. I also imagine that
> your local news is dominated by things that happen during your daytime.

Less so, I think. At the moment we get plenty of news about Gaza, the
USA, and Haiti.

--
Athel -- French and British, living in Marseilles for 37 years; mainly
in England until 1987.

On 15/03/24 19:28, Athel Cornish-Bowden wrote:
> On 2024-03-15 01:00:33 +0000, Snidely said:
>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:

>>> Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in
>>> Calgary. The television news started with pictures of several
>>> capitals (Washington DC, Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news
>>> itself did't mention anything that had happened more than 10 km
>>> from Calgary.
>>
>> Well, yes, and I wouldn't be surprised if Peter's local news wasn't
>> similar, although maybe different intro pictures. I also imagine
>> that your local news is dominated by things that happen during your
>> daytime.
>
> Less so, I think. At the moment we get plenty of news about Gaza, the
> USA, and Haiti.

Likewise here; and a lot of that news is about things that happened last
night.

It's important to understand that Australian TV has both publicly owned
networks and commercial networks. Public TV has plenty of international
news, but the commercial networks are a lot more parochial.

--
Peter Moylan http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW

Athel Cornish-Bowden submitted this idea :
> On 2024-03-15 01:00:33 +0000, Snidely said:
>
>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>>> On 2024-03-14 10:57:50 +0000, Snidely said:
>>>
>>>> Just this Thursday, Athel Cornish-Bowden puzzled about:
>>>>> On 2024-03-13 21:54:28 +0000, Snidely said:
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [ … ]
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very few stories change between 6 pm and 11 pm, except for storms that
>>>>>> arrive at 9 pm.
>>>>>
>>>>> That's a very USA-centric point of view. Your "6 pm and 11 pm" is the
>>>>> middle of the day in some other places, e.g. where Peter is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ah, but we're talking local time, and in this case mid-eastern Canada.
>>>
>>> OK, a North-America-centric view, if you prefer.
>>>
>>> Many years ago (1962, I think) I spent the night at a motel in Calgary.
>>> The television news started with pictures of several capitals (Washington
>>> DC, Ottawa, London, Paris ...), but the news itself did't mention anything
>>> that had happened more than 10 km from Calgary.
>>
>> Well, yes, and I wouldn't be surprised if Peter's local news wasn't
>> similar, although maybe different intro pictures. I also imagine that your
>> local news is dominated by things that happen during your daytime.
>
> Less so, I think. At the moment we get plenty of news about Gaza, the USA,
> and Haiti.

We usually get that as part of a network news broadcast rather than
with the local news.

/dps

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