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KentuckyWoman

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31. Chicken or the egg

Reply to Eko (Reply #20)

Tue Jan 8, 2019, 12:10 AM

Jan 2019

I would like to put forth that the media was not always ratings driven. Not like this. People haven't changed. Media has. Instead of 3 channels and one or two local papers with limited space (that had to be used wisely) we now have 24/7 on dozens of local / cable / website / social media / apps etc etc etc. The competition for viewership has lead media down a path that doesn't serve either media or people well over the long haul. It isn't sustainable in my very humble opinion.

Your point is well taken but media outlets still have a choice whether to roll in the sewer or take a higher path.

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there are daily examples of normalization of this most unfit president - [View all] NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 OP

Even worse, HopeAgain Jan 2019 #1

they are really inconsistent - some brilliant stuff then some shit like today...baffling. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #2

K&R... spanone Jan 2019 #3

I dont see how this is normalization. Eko Jan 2019 #4

there are lots that won't read beyond the headline - and accept the headline as admiration. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #5

Well then, Eko Jan 2019 #6

Am I normalizing Trump?. "Trump is the most amazing,,,," Eko Jan 2019 #7

let's agree to disagree, OK? bigger fish to fry, unless you are just trying to be obnoxious NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #8

Nope, Im not going to agree to disagree. Eko Jan 2019 #9

He's just trying to be obnoxious. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #14

And what have I done? Eko Jan 2019 #15

You refuse to acknowledge the part that the media has to play in propping up smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #18

The majority of the meida coverage of Dump Eko Jan 2019 #21

I'm sorry, but I don't see enough of that. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #24

Just because you dont see it Eko Jan 2019 #27

Obnoxious? Eko Jan 2019 #17

Fine, be disingenuous. You aren't fooling anybody. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #22

You dont seem to understand how ratings work. Eko Jan 2019 #25

The media is the reason that Trump has the approval rating he has. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #10

How would people know how bad he is if it wasnt for the media? Eko Jan 2019 #11

They do far more to normalize him than they do to show him for what he really is. smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #12

That is your opinion. Eko Jan 2019 #13

They are the reason he's president in my opinion. KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #16

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #19

Thats like saying that the record companies suck Eko Jan 2019 #23

You really need to take a course in the influence of the media and the effect it smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #26

No, I know what it can do. Eko Jan 2019 #28

You should take a course on how Eko Jan 2019 #29

People bought records because record company marketers did their jobs. KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #30

I agree with that. Eko Jan 2019 #32

The defect is not in the media, Eko Jan 2019 #20

Chicken or the egg KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #31

A higher path would make way less money. Eko Jan 2019 #33

This is why I no longer and will not subscribe to NYT anymore. lark Jan 2019 #34