Re: News - TV "news" in particular. (OT)
| August 08, 2018 08:38PM |
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kcsivils Wrote:
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> . . . His response has proven to be visionary
> and right on the money. "Son, there is only so
> much real news in a 24 hour news cycle. CNN
> will be forced to resort to opinion and commentary
> to fill the 24 hours. In short order the distinction
> between news and the hot air of editorial comment
> will vanish. Competitors will arise and in order to
> gain and maintain market share each network will
> have to resort to embarrassingly bad professional
> behavior. Ethics in my profession will become a
> thing of the past."
So true, and so sad.
Steve Thompson Wrote:
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> What's the problem? With today's attention spans,
> if the story has more than a headline and a two-
> sentence paragraph, no one reads it anyway!
Also true, Steve -
And equally sad.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2018 08:43PM by Russo Loco.
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> . . . His response has proven to be visionary
> and right on the money. "Son, there is only so
> much real news in a 24 hour news cycle. CNN
> will be forced to resort to opinion and commentary
> to fill the 24 hours. In short order the distinction
> between news and the hot air of editorial comment
> will vanish. Competitors will arise and in order to
> gain and maintain market share each network will
> have to resort to embarrassingly bad professional
> behavior. Ethics in my profession will become a
> thing of the past."
So true, and so sad.
Steve Thompson Wrote:
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> What's the problem? With today's attention spans,
> if the story has more than a headline and a two-
> sentence paragraph, no one reads it anyway!
Also true, Steve -
And equally sad.
- El Abuelo Histœrico, Greengo y Curmudgeoño de los Locomoturas Viejos y Verdes,
aka Der Grossväterlich DünkelOlivGrünDampfKesselMantelLiebHabender
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/08/2018 08:43PM by Russo Loco.
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