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pstokely

(10,510 posts)
Mon May 27, 2019, 04:19 AM May 2019

'Birthing centers for polarizing rhetoric': The outsize influence of Fox, CNN and MSNBC

advertiser boycotts don't really work since they get most of their profits from cable subscriber fees, the geezer products on faux state news don't pay much for the ad time

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/birthing-centers-for-polarizing-rhetoric-the-outsize-influence-of-fox-cnn-and-msnbc/2019/05/23/2bcc429a-7cbe-11e9-8ede-f4abf521ef17_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f9080ffbd21d

"With their limited, aging viewership, you might think cable TV news would be a political afterthought and a business washout.

Instead, revenue is astronomical — $5 billion in 2017, according to Pew Research, for the big three: Fox News, CNN and MSNBC.

And the cable networks, undeniably, develop the kind of engagement that marketers call “mindshare” — especially in the political realm.

“Cable TV news has an influence today that is outsized to the literal audience that is watching it,” said Tom Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute."
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'Birthing centers for polarizing rhetoric': The outsize influence of Fox, CNN and MSNBC (Original Post) pstokely May 2019 OP
Precisely Sherman A1 May 2019 #1
Message auto-removed Name removed May 2019 #2
I don't watch their garbage. If I want Cable outlet news it is Bloomberg or CSPAN. Otherwise it is still_one May 2019 #3
Unfortunately, straight up news reporting has gotten such short shrift in recent decades... hlthe2b May 2019 #4

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Precisely
Mon May 27, 2019, 05:07 AM
May 2019

Cable Noise is nothing more than 24/7 Breathless, Breaking Infotainment designed to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed. That is their main agenda from what I have noted prior to giving up on all of them and I firmly believe that we would all be better off without any of what passes on these channels as journalism.

It's high pitched, talking heads arguing over some latest gaffe, tweet, or poling with 6 people and a golf fish responding. Who's up, who's down, will "this" mean "X" or will it mean "Y" before they break for commercial or the host to hawk their latest book.

Presidential Politics is nothing more than a commodity to them of endless polling numbers and has nothing to do with the substance of the individual, the policies or vision that they are championing in their campaigns.

CNN, MSNBC & Fox .......


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still_one

(91,954 posts)
3. I don't watch their garbage. If I want Cable outlet news it is Bloomberg or CSPAN. Otherwise it is
Mon May 27, 2019, 06:08 AM
May 2019

newspapers

I don't need so-called "news networks", blurring the line between op eds and real news

hlthe2b

(101,720 posts)
4. Unfortunately, straight up news reporting has gotten such short shrift in recent decades...
Mon May 27, 2019, 07:45 AM
May 2019

that it has allowed the likes of Sinclair to take over and "bastardize" a lot of local news channels. At the same time, paid advertisers consume much of the time allotted for the BIG 3 national newscasts. Make the networks take some of their immense profits to either cut ads from the 30-minute broadcasts so that the stories they do cover can receive the attention they should and even better, stretch them to 45 minutes and give another 15 minutes back to local coverage with their affiliates. Just like publicly-supported elections, news broadcasting should be part of network licensure for the public good.

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