Cable news is all garbage.
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Many years ago before cable and satellite, there was a gentleman's agreement between the three major networks that, in order to satisfy FCC rules about "broadcasters using the public airwaves to service the public interest", they would fund their news departments as loss leaders with profit skimmed off prime time entertainment programming.
Fictionalized but fairly accurate example from "Broadcast News".
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When cable/satellite gave rise to the 24 hour cable news cycle, it was clearly a switch to news departments being forced to post profit, which is when news changed from being a public service to being a consumer product.
It's not so much specific networks as much as it is the change in the overall architecture itself.
As a public service news has to tell viewers what they need to know.
As a consumer product on the other hand, news now needs to tell viewers what they want to hear instead.
And therein lies the rub, the problem. You cannot chase profit AND provide a public service, the two are diametrically opposed to each other. If you want news that works as a public service you have to find outlets that are nonprofit, otherwise you get spoon fed the things that stroke your ego or confirm your innate biases instead, because profit-oriented "news" will do or say anything to keep your from changing the channel.
Fictionalized but fairly accurate example from "Broadcast News".
'This is a brutal layoff. And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights. You can...' - Broadcast News
Bill Rorich: This is a brutal layoff. And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights. Paul Moore: You can make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary... Bad joke, I'm sorry.
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When cable/satellite gave rise to the 24 hour cable news cycle, it was clearly a switch to news departments being forced to post profit, which is when news changed from being a public service to being a consumer product.
It's not so much specific networks as much as it is the change in the overall architecture itself.
As a public service news has to tell viewers what they need to know.
As a consumer product on the other hand, news now needs to tell viewers what they want to hear instead.
And therein lies the rub, the problem. You cannot chase profit AND provide a public service, the two are diametrically opposed to each other. If you want news that works as a public service you have to find outlets that are nonprofit, otherwise you get spoon fed the things that stroke your ego or confirm your innate biases instead, because profit-oriented "news" will do or say anything to keep your from changing the channel.
Do people really want the same news item over and over?! Drones? Who cares. Mostly trivia.Many years ago before cable and satellite, there was a gentleman's agreement between the three major networks that, in order to satisfy FCC rules about "broadcasters using the public airwaves to service the public interest", they would fund their news departments as loss leaders with profit skimmed off prime time entertainment programming.
Fictionalized but fairly accurate example from "Broadcast News".
'This is a brutal layoff. And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights. You can...' - Broadcast News
Bill Rorich: This is a brutal layoff. And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights. Paul Moore: You can make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary... Bad joke, I'm sorry.
When cable/satellite gave rise to the 24 hour cable news cycle, it was clearly a switch to news departments being forced to post profit, which is when news changed from being a public service to being a consumer product.
It's not so much specific networks as much as it is the change in the overall architecture itself.
As a public service news has to tell viewers what they need to know.
As a consumer product on the other hand, news now needs to tell viewers what they want to hear instead.
And therein lies the rub, the problem. You cannot chase profit AND provide a public service, the two are diametrically opposed to each other. If you want news that works as a public service you have to find outlets that are nonprofit, otherwise you get spoon fed the things that stroke your ego or confirm your innate biases instead, because profit-oriented "news" will do or say anything to keep your from changing the channel.
Checkerboard Strangler
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A friend of mine used to work for Scripps-Howard back when their main focus was documentaries and science but now that they've launched Scripps News on streaming, it's rapidly become one of the best U.S. sources for news coverage that doesn't depends on profits, because Scripps Foundation is nonprofit.
Watch Scripps News
Scripps News is moving to streaming! You can watch Scripps News on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Haystack News, LG or on your smart TV.
www.scrippsnews.com
I get almost all my news from AP, Reuters, BBC, NYTimes, Washington Post.A friend of mine used to work for Scripps-Howard back when their main focus was documentaries and science but now that they've launched Scripps News on streaming, it's rapidly become one of the best U.S. sources for news coverage that doesn't depends on profits, because Scripps Foundation is nonprofit.
Watch Scripps News
Scripps News is moving to streaming! You can watch Scripps News on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Haystack News, LG or on your smart TV.
It is infotainment, pure purpose is to profit, and nothing works as well as melodrama, give them good guys/bad guys and they’ll turn in, problem is many, especially the right, actually think it is news
T. A. Gardner
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I have said for decades:
If you get your news from television, you aren't getting the news.
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A friend of mine used to work for Scripps-Howard back when their main focus was documentaries and science but now that they've launched Scripps News on streaming, it's rapidly become one of the best U.S. sources for news coverage that doesn't depends on profits, because Scripps Foundation is nonprofit.
Watch Scripps News
Scripps News is moving to streaming! You can watch Scripps News on Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Samsung TV Plus, Haystack News, LG or on your smart TV.
Do you think a nonprofit isn't capable of bias?
Checkerboard Strangler
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If you like Reuters you will like Scripps.
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Some people refuse to learn.
ExpressLane
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Trump right again Fake News
Trump is God for you.
Yes, I am informed. You can only post stupid pictures.
Agree.
Oh my god did you see what someone said today???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You amongst others, can’t even begin to count the times I have seen Tucker, Sean, Lara, Adam, Jeannie, Jesse, Greg, and Jonathan quoted