The current state of televised U.S. News Media

wstar · 07-08-2009, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Lug

I disagree. <old man voice on> "Back in my day....."

Seriously, there used to be an implied public trust and standard that most of the mainstream media held themselves to. That's gone for the most part unless you listen to something like NPR. I blame Dan Rather and Jerry Springer!

Well, I would agree the media was more trustable in the past, but I don't think it was altruistic. I think the public cared more about getting real news back then, and so it made profit sense for them to be that way at the time. It's the change in the public attitude that drives the change in the media, in other words.

Lug · 07-09-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by wstar

Well, I would agree the media was more trustable in the past, but I don't think it was altruistic. I think the public cared more about getting real news back then, and so it made profit sense for them to be that way at the time. It's the change in the public attitude that drives the change in the media, in other words.

That may be so, but I'm still gonna beat the living crab out of Dan Rather and Jerry Springer if I meet them in a dark ally!!!!

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