Text VS Video for NEWS SITES

[amdforever2]

So, I'll be wandering CNN.com or even Yahoo! news and click something that looks interesting................20% of the time now it's

LAUNCHING VIDEO
LOADING
LOADING
PLAYING
STOPPING
BUFFERING
BUFFERING
PLAYING MORE CHOPPY VIDEO
WASTING YOUR LIFE
TAKING AWAY MINUTES YOU'LL NEVER GET BACK
PLAYING MORE CHOPPY VIDEO
20 SECOND SEGMENT THAT TOLD YOU NOTHING NOW OVER
SWITCHING TO AD AT THE END
BUFFERING







When I click a news story, I want TEXT!

 

[BeauJangles]

I want text simply because the whole point of reading news online is to read what you want when you want.

 

[amdforever2]

Majority of ATOT must be watching IDOL, DVRed of course, as we speak..........

 

[loup garou]

Text, I fvcking hate when they have a video-only article on news sites. It's just a ploy for them to force more advertisments on you.