So, just as a journalistic matter

[senseandsensibility]

I am curious what y'all think about CNN (and possibly MSNBC) devoting their entire hour to the Hunter Biden news. A lot of stuff broke today as well that makes the R's look dysfunctional. Yeah, I know, they already looked dysfunctional, but still. The McCarthy/Gaetz fight is pretty wild.

Worth blanket coverage? Enough to blot out everything else happening today? I don't think so. I think they are so afraid of being criticized by rightwingers that they always go overboard with anything seen as bad for Dems.

Again, I agree it is newsworthy. But enough to push all other news off the airwaves for hours at a time?

[Voltaire2]

1. Rightwing world is going to find framing

a gun law violation as an outrage.

[senseandsensibility]

3. I don't think so

This will be the only gun case MAGA will approve of. And no one in the media will question their hypocrisy.

[gab13by13]

2. Everything is going according to plan

the MSM is owned and managed by right wing domestic oligarchs.

[Recycle_Guru]

4. precisely. their finger is on the scale

time to break out some Noam Chomsky andNaomi Klein re: how corporate media aids and abets the mega wealthy power structure in our country.

[lamp_shade]

5. It'll be back page by Monday morning.

[Boomerproud]

6. Who is surprised by this?

Next comes the arraignment and mugshot 24/7.

[Uncle Joe]

7. The corporate media's primary job is not to inform the people so much as to sell them.

Currently the Republican Party has a fire sale going on and the corporate media is trying to salvage that morally bankrupt party versus promoting a better, more democratic vision of the world.

They have inherent financial conflicts of interest which they NEVER disclose on any number of critical issues affecting the American People and world at large.

I've said it before and I will say it again, the corporate media is the CORPORATE media.

Thanks for the thread senseandsensibility

[senseandsensibility]

9. You're right

Thanks for spelling it out so clearly. Once you understand that, everything falls into place. The problem is they create so much noise that it is hard for the average person to see what is right in front of them.

[elleng]

8. Seems foolish to me,

ONE reason I watch no Daytime TV, 'just' listen here: https://weta.org/player

[ificandream]

10. The way the news business works....

New news gets top billing. This is new. It's not about guttering the president. It's reporting details (and probably emerging ones ... I haven't been watching TV). In light of the plea deal that fell apart, things will be discussed. (I really don't like pundits much.) It will drop off the front pages. But newspapers and especially TV will run with this for a while. TV, especially, focuses on breaking (sometimes clickbait) news. But things will iron themselves out.

(To those wondering, I worked in newspapers for over 35 years.)

[Sympthsical]

11. They wouldn't do it if they didn't think people would watch

When people watch something, the money listens.

When people don't watch something, the money listens harder. (see: Licht)

Every morning, I wake up at 5am and do a quick sweep around the internet. When I come here, there are already multiple threads about cable news, complaints about the hosts, the guests, the choice of stories, etc. They're all so awful!

And then the next morning I come back, and there are more threads.

Complaining but still consuming a product simply begets more of that product.

[progressoid]

12. That's been cable news' practice for years.

Hot topic happens and they bring in everyone and their dog to "analyze" it for days/weeks/months. They haven't been news organizations for a long time.

[malaise]

13. I switched to Bobby Flay repeats

😀

[senseandsensibility]

14. I used to watch a lot of cooking shows

and I think I'll have to get back into it if this continues.

[malaise]

15. I watch a lot of sports as well

Cricket, tennis, track and fupiekd and FIFA football

[spanone]

16. Panels on all cable channels.

I imagine it will continue well into the weekend.

[2naSalit]

17. It's about the same as...

Keeping a live camera on a podium with no speaker for over an hour waiting for the ultimate asshole to show up and horrify everyone.

I think we need to call them up and complain, a lot.