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Cleita

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10. It used to exist to inform the public and was considered a profit loss.

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 11:50 PM

Feb 2013

Then someone changed a law back in the seventies. Don't remember the details, but then the newsrooms got put under the entertainment division of the networks, were required to make money and that was the beginning of the end. The great anchors, Walter Cronkite, Ed Murrow and finally Dan Rather were edged out of the ranks and replaced with perky personalities. News became tabloid worthy and here we are.

News shows used to follow a format. First you had global headlines, then the nation, then business and maybe entertainment and sports last. Then you had the local news, but today, it seems we start basically with the local headlines and entertainment. The only way I find to get global news is by watching Al Jazeera and the BBC. In order to get national news I have to cruise the internet.

It all sucks.

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News media exists for one reason. Never forget that. [View all] uppityperson Feb 2013 OP

I respectfully disagree. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #1

I think this is correct. It has changed in my lifetime. It used to be to sell ads; enough Feb 2013 #3

Sad, but true. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #4

Dual purpose, sell ads and tell us what they want us to see. Someone else will probably tell me uppityperson Feb 2013 #7

I was born a skeptic.. Sekhmets Daughter Feb 2013 #8

Me too. uppityperson Feb 2013 #9

Which is why I watch all political events on C-Span Richardo Feb 2013 #2

I'm with Richardo, if it didn't show on Cspan it didn't happen, but your point is well made. 1-Old-Man Feb 2013 #5

clowns and puppets Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #6

It used to exist to inform the public and was considered a profit loss. Cleita Feb 2013 #10