Comments on: If the press will just do their job… http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/11/if-the-press-will-just-do-their-job/ Doug Kaye's Weblog Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:38:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Proffitt http://www.blogarithms.com/index.php/archives/2008/09/11/if-the-press-will-just-do-their-job/comment-page-1/#comment-67812 John Proffitt Mon, 15 Sep 2008 06:16:56 +0000 http://www.blogarithms.com/?p=774#comment-67812 A-freakin-men, brother. Even public media (NPR, PBS) follows this tripe too closely. But at least they treat it as media-watching and not so much campaign-watching. I stopped watching the cable TV services a long time ago, but I wish there was one I could actually trust. I think Jon Stewart is right -- the problem is the 24 hours they're expected to fill and the competition for ad money. Sad, sad, sad. We need a TV news revolution. A-freakin-men, brother. Even public media (NPR, PBS) follows this tripe too closely. But at least they treat it as media-watching and not so much campaign-watching.

I stopped watching the cable TV services a long time ago, but I wish there was one I could actually trust. I think Jon Stewart is right — the problem is the 24 hours they’re expected to fill and the competition for ad money.

Sad, sad, sad. We need a TV news revolution.

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