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PhillyAccount t1_je7cjd9 wrote

How else would the smug suburbanites get their daily dose of Philadelphia drama

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PhillyPanda t1_je7d44j wrote

I love how city news decisions are blamed on the suburbs

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OHIO_TERRORIST t1_je7dpbh wrote

It’s almost like a lot of people live in the Philly area besides just Philly itself 😮

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PhillyPanda t1_je7f0yf wrote

They don’t sit around taking hours of extra footage specifically for the suburbs. It’s news. The city gets the same shit. They’d still be there without the suburbs.

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ImpendingSenseOfDoom t1_je7f86q wrote

I think the point they were making is that the news feeds into the suburban viewers' mentality that the city is dangerous and chaotic, so the footage of this crash is for them.

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PhillyPanda t1_je7fhn1 wrote

It’s the same news. It’s what happened today that’s interesting in the area. It’d still be reported on

The commissioner got into a car accident. That’s news. City or suburbs. Media video footage is a part of news.

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ImpendingSenseOfDoom t1_je7ihfb wrote

You realize the news chooses what content to cover based on what will get the highest ratings, right? It's not some altruistic entity of truth and equality.

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PhillyPanda t1_je7iml6 wrote

You realize the news is going to cover major news of high ranking city officials that gets attention in both cities and suburbs?

I guess the alternative would be the city is largely uneducated vs suburbs and doesn’t care about the news? As someone who does live in the city, I’m happy for the suburban folk allowing me as a city resident to hear about the city news.

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SouthPhilly_215 t1_je8mkyn wrote

Yeah but the news stations know the suburbanites don’t wanna hear a daily dose of crime near them. They know the suburbanites wanna hear about the crime in the city proper. It helps them feel good about living outside the city. Benefiting from working or being in proximity to the city.. But being able to stay far enough to not have to care about the needs of the city.

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billontheinternet t1_jeac6kx wrote

Very defensive for someone whose not at fault from the suburbs 🤔

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PhillyPanda t1_jeb1is3 wrote

I live in rittenhouse. I just understand that it’s not the residents of Lower Merion’s fault or wherever’s fault when a helicopter circles my neighborhood

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PhillyPanda t1_je7f79a wrote

Acting like the city news helicopters are only there bc of the surrounding area is obtuse.

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PhillyAccount t1_je7e6c6 wrote

The Philly Metro media market is overwhelmingly suburban and stretches from Allentown to Dover.

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SouthPhilly_215 t1_je8mcgs wrote

Mad crime happens in the burbs and jersey townships but never leads or even gets reported. City always gets the shit report.

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