TV station running out of local news items

I was startled last Sunday when I tuned in to the eight o'clock news on one of the main local TV stations. Out of a 30-minute news bulletin, only three news items were locally related. Ok, we do want to keep ourselves up to date with what's happening...

I was startled last Sunday when I tuned in to the eight o'clock news on one of the main local TV stations. Out of a 30-minute news bulletin, only three news items were locally related.

Ok, we do want to keep ourselves up to date with what's happening in Gaza and what Barack Obama is up to, but we do not want to indulge in so much foreign news substance!

It is such a pleasure to watch the Italian news as it is full of features, news and gossip.

Maybe we can't see too much gossip on our news as Malta is too humble for certain issues to go public. Perhaps there were no newsworthy events as nothing intriguing happened during the day, but journalists, instead of using the "cut and paste" method to feed us what we can see on other foreign channels, can do some work and feature some news value issues. Illegal immigration, hunting, theft, poverty, bills, childcare, roads, weather, property, institutions, pollution... I can go on forever. Please, hit the spot!

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