The TV News Archive was extremely fascinating to me.  I think that to be able to have years of news broadcasts at one’s fingertips is simply brilliant.  I personally love watching the news whether it is current or not.  The way news is broadcasted really draws me in to the content for some reason so for a person like me, this website is pure excitement.

If the moon falls out of the sky (hypothetically) and news reporters are broadcasting it live on NBC, to think that people 100 years from then would be able to watch the live footage as it was happening is simply amazing.  I think the TV News Archive website is a great way of preserving history.

Even though the team behind TV News didn’t consult every news station before displaying their content on the site, they shouldn’t run into any legal problems.  TV News Archive is a nonprofit organization simply providing an archive of information that would have otherwise been inaccessible.  On top of it being nonprofit, the organization is also for educational purposes, making it the least bit of a threat.  Also, the videos on the site are not 100% current.  The newest videos are at least 24 hours old, therefore it isn’t interfering with whether or not people watch the news on television… considering that most like their news to be very up-to-date.

News is an important aspect of everyday lives of individuals and to be able to preserve the content in video form is a great accomplishment.  Now that I’ve been introduced to this site, I definitely imagine myself referring back to it in the future.

** Plus, if I was on live tv news one day and wanted to see it for myself when I got home, I could simply tune into this site and search for my clip!