internet news - videos or articles?

[vancity_cowboy]

an interesting article on heart health here:

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/this...te-example-preventive-medicine-232140727.html

but read the comments below about how many people are mad about the article originally having come out as a video only. presumably the editors got the point and later provided a print article as well

what about you - video or article?

i voted for articles

 

[twoblues]

Personally, I always prefer print. Read at my leisure, don't have to dig up earphones, etc...

Some video news sites have video that is slow loading, ad filled, and error prone.

 

[HankQuinlan]

Any "news" article that I click on that turns out to be just video is quickly clicked past. Print is far more efficient -- and you don't have to wait for the advertisement to finish. If I really want to find a video on some news topic, I will look for it.

But then again, I never watch TV news either, because I don't have the patience for it.

Plus, like the other people above, I actually learned to read when I was a child. Are there any studies that show basic literacy levels are dropping in our society? I wonder...I may have to exercise those skills and this newfangle google thingy and try to find out.

 

[twoblues]

I will track down a video if the print describes an event that has to be seen in motion to fully appreciate.