News alerts on the phone this morning

[Sherman A1]

I received four in total. 3 of which referenced the incident of the gun discharging on the movie set. 1 was from the LA Times and the other two were UK sources. The fourth reference was to gun violence.

I do believe that cable “news” is just drama TV to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed, but I am finding harder and harder to believe that all the news sources are not manipulated.

[BillyBobBrilliant]

1. It's called

Management by metrics. What will sell advertising time by offering the most inflammatory stories.

[Hortensis]

3. It's also distraction away from what would hurt Republicans

and help Democrats. Right now that's overwhelmingly the big physical and social infrastructure bills and what's being cut out that a large majority of Americans want. Virtually everyone also wants the uberwealthy taxed more.

[JohnSJ]

2. That was the headlines yesterday on CNN and MSNBC.

[doc03]

4. People get shot by accident every day that doesn't sell ED meds

but a celebrity shooting someone does.

[Walleye]

5. TV news they love showbiz stories because that's what they are

[uponit7771]

6. K&R, and a stories "rates" tag is only for a niche audience!! Its so short sighted, get a broader

... audience and they don't have to do stories that "rate"