User-generated news show coming to Headline News

At 12:30 p.m. on May 19, Headline News will debut News to Me, a half-hour news program hosted by Eric Lanford and consisting of amateur footage found via the Web and also submitted directly to CNN's I-Report.

According to CNN's press release, the point of this new show is to bring people the best viral videos from the Web so they don't have to surf around and find it on their own. The content used on the show, which will air Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., will range from the very serious to the very funny. Lanford will also interview some of the folks who submit material through I-Report.

I'm rather indifferent about this idea, though it does seem that if people want to watch videos created by other people, their are plenty of sites that allow them to do that, and do it whenever they want without waiting for the weekend. Also, Fox News Blast offers the same thing (essentially), but on YouTube, which seems to me like the best venue for this sort of thing. I know times are changing, but I think people still want straight news from real journalist when they turn on their televisions. If they want to see shaky, amateur footage, they know where to find it.