Why I support media criticism on DU

[Moostache]

14. My complaints with the media coverage of EVERYTHING is that is all complete pap now...

EVERYTHING is formulaic, flavorless or utterly predictable and to make it WORSE, its all on a continual loop now as well...take CNN or MSNBC or even Fox as examples...there shows ALL have a similar rhythm and cadence that once you start noticing it makes them all equally unwatchable.

But even more frustrating than the obligatory "Big Board" segments with Kornacki or King, the coverage of issues and scandals and actual proposals to make being an American a better life for anyone not already making $250,000 or more annually is non-existent. These programs are all regurgitating the same stupid, inane and mindless pap ad nauseum from one hour to the next to the next and then in repeats for the next 3 hour block of time. It seems all networks are infected by it.

The only worthy sources of information left are NPR's radio shows and sometimes BBC World News and PBS News Hour. Beyond that, I can't stomach 95% of the "news" coverage because it is all entertainment and ratings-seeking nonsense. Horse-race election cycle coverage - with meaningless and trite polls that get discussed for a solid 18 minutes between "Big Board" and "Panel", in-between are the obligatory commercial breaks and half-hour resets for an hour long show to simply talk about it all again or a 1/2 hour show to wrap up until the next repeat airing...

The American people are the most advertised to and beaten down in the world. Everywhere we turn, our eyes, ears and sense are assaulted with sex-driven and envy-inducing advertising - showing everyone else having more sex, better vacations and toys and more of everything we don't need but are convinced we want. Our political coverage, even the semi-worthwhile stuff, is hideously uninformed and banal. There is no nuance or discussion, its all ideology and nonsense.

I used to wonder why Trump was ever popular at all...no more. He is custom made from central casting to play this role - ring leader of the circus. What better way to illustrate the bankruptcy of our times than to raise a modern day W.C Fields or P.T. Barnum knock-off to the highest stations of governance? If you CARE, it makes zero sense to EVER vote for such an insanely unfit asshole. When you no longer care at all, and its all about the next endorphin release from your fucking phone, well, then order up the fat ass Orange blob from central casting and tune in for another 30 minute non-summary and non-expert analysis until the dopamine gets tickled...