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Yup really unfortunately that News12 NJ has fallen too. Its so bad here on Long Island they'll talk about sharks, fluff, with NYC centric and finance news, meanwhile they fail to report on actual news, such as an armed home invasion last night in Old Brookville. The FCC really needs jurisdiction over this situation and soon. These cable networks need to be regulated just like the broadcast stations, especially when areas like New Jersey and Long Island don't have any of their own broadcast TV stations.

The Long Island division has taken a serious turn for the worse these days. One hour newscast at 5pm now cut back to 30 minutes and runs in a loop like on weekends. Barely any local news coverage of crime, focused mainly on the pandemic, economics, and politics. They barely send reporters out and if they do its for COVID stories. They even ran the wrong footage which was taken in Wyandanch for a story about a deadly stabbing in Deer Park. Altice has wrecked this network. Such a shame. Footage from an old story in Wyandanch. Deer Park is the town next door.

I have noticed that News 12 in New Jersey is more local oriented, but the Long Island version is mostly National News. I live on Long Island. It bothers me because there's a lot of crime and fire stories that are not getting reported at all on News12 Long Island.

I can see News12 New York replacing all the local news12s. They barely cover any local news any more. Many stories that are local news arent being reported on News12 that are getting coverage on NYC broadcast stations.

From what I've seen News 12 New Jersey is the last News 12 network that still has a local focus, for now. I speak mainly of my experience with the Long Island network. Perhaps New Jersey has stricter rules requiring local content. I also notice they do not have the "Nightside" program on News 12 New Jersey, which here on Long Island, starts at 7pm and is almost exclusively national news. From what I've seen the Long Island version of News 12 is now gearing to a more urban, upscale demographic (finance professionals/wall st) while New Jersey still has more of neighborhood feel. But don't count on it lasting. Altice will eventually merge all the News 12's into one studio, from what I've heard.

News 12 continues to evolve away from local news into a New York centric version of CNN. The changes in anchors and content reflect this change to gear to CNN type viewers. On Monday, they didn't even lead with the passing of former Nassau County Executive, Tom Gulotta. 8 minutes on the shootings in other states which isn't even local news. The Nightside teaser they put on their Facebook was even worse. They really need to drop the "as local as local news gets" moniker because thats clearly a lie. This is going to come back & bite Altice since alot of Optimum subscribers have kept it because of News 12. I'm only subject to News 12 because it plays in alot of establishments. Not happy with the veteran anchors being replaced by preppy blondes. Obvious the kind of (wall st) demographic they're aiming for now.

Noticing yet more emphasis on National & World news on News 12. A number of others are now tagging News 12 on twitter for their lack of local news coverage. Yes they plug i24 for a minute every hour. Local stories often not lead stories anymore, lots of coverage of Trump & pushing a political agenda. First block of news at the 5pm has been about 5 minutes on National/world, 2 minutes on local, and 1 on weather. Huge mistake, but I see the writing on the wall, News 12 Long Island along with the others will be merged into Altice USA News with very little local news content. Since this is not an "over the air" operation I don't think the FCC or anyone else can force them to cover local news to serve the community interest. All I know is it keeps getting worse. Meanwhile stories that happen such as LIRR delays which actually affect many people on Long Island go unreported. Even last week the NYC stations actually spent more time reporting on the attempted kidnapping in Mineola than News 12. It's stupid, there's so many other stations to watch national & political news like CNN, Fox, MSNBC, etc, people will go to that for that kind of stuff, News 12 should focus on local news. With technology it can't be that hard to do, Fios 1 does a better job with less staff & a lower budget. I just wish Fios 1 would be a full time news channel & have them save the specialty stuff for late nights & weekends. Altice is shooting themselves in the foot.

Well here's a photo of their latest News 12 promo, "Bringing the National News Home"

They have really been cutting back on local news content on News 12. Most of the reporters seem to be gone as well. It's mostly National News headlines. The new promo they have even says "bringing the National News home to your town". Honestly don't blame Drew Scott from retiring and there will probably be more retirements coming. Altice ruined what was once a really decent news operation. And it's quite short-sighted, as News 12 was a major selling point of Optimum. Fios 1 News is doing alot better lately.

Had to turn it off after 15 minutes, they've completely gotten rid of any news coverage outside of NYC. And Tamsen was by herself tonight at 10, and their lead story was the mice in a "cronut" shop. What a joke. FCC should really yank their license.