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Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
11. Maybe the religious ones think god's already made his plans.
Sat Oct 7, 2017, 11:15 AM
Oct 2017

But, really, there's a limit to how much people care.

Just look how most of those on this forum dropped Puerto Rico cold, even as its misery grew, to marinate themselves in the media's cynical round-the-clock saturation coverage of the Las Vegas murders? CNN's Zucker boasts about how sensationalizing one issue and hitting only that hour after hour is good for business. Cable Kool-Aid. It sells.

Zucker sees news as sports and covers it like sporting events or reality TV shows:

As Zucker sees it, his pro-Trump panelists are not just spokespeople for a worldview; they are “characters in a drama,” members of CNN’s extended ensemble cast. “Everybody says, ‘Oh, I can’t believe you have Jeffrey Lord or Kayleigh McEnany,’ but you know what?” Zucker told me with some satisfaction. “They know who Jeffrey Lord and Kayleigh McEnany are.”

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