11-24-2008, 05:42 AM
it would help if the 24hr news networks hired actual journalists. It's a bunch of pundits - paid to be biased - spouting of bull$hit 24/7. I mean, hiring Karl freaking Rove as an analyst? james Carville? I don't freaking care what these people have to say.
The media loves sensationalism and will do anything to create it. One of the best ways is to put people on the air who have differing / extreme opinions and let them go at it. They don't want reasonable people on the air...to our brain-dead pacified society, these people are too boring......they want the news to be more like WWF.
The media caters to the lowest common denominator...you want some decent reporting, try watching Frontline regularly or rent some documentaries or read independent journalists that live in the regions they are reporting on. the media outlets have *some* of these people, but they are few and far between...
kiva
The media loves sensationalism and will do anything to create it. One of the best ways is to put people on the air who have differing / extreme opinions and let them go at it. They don't want reasonable people on the air...to our brain-dead pacified society, these people are too boring......they want the news to be more like WWF.
The media caters to the lowest common denominator...you want some decent reporting, try watching Frontline regularly or rent some documentaries or read independent journalists that live in the regions they are reporting on. the media outlets have *some* of these people, but they are few and far between...
kiva