BS: Bam-a-lot?

Subject: BS: Bam-a-lot?
From: GUEST,beardedbruce
Date: 18 Nov 08 - 06:40 AM

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111602374_pf.html

Subject: RE: BS: Bam-a-lot?
From: Wesley S
Date: 18 Nov 08 - 11:13 AM

There is some truth to the article Bruce. The news media lately seem to be turning into profit centers. Would the DVD discussed be released back when Huntley and Brinkley were reporting { yeah I know they didn't have DVD's back then }? I've been worried about the media ever since they started interviewing other reporters as sources instead of actual policy makers. And the reports have turned into sound bites - not stories. The local stations spend more time airing promos for the stories than the stories last themselves. Something to think about. I'm concerned that they want to make the news as opposed to just report it.

Subject: RE: BS: Bam-a-lot?
From: Bee-dubya-ell
Date: 18 Nov 08 - 02:08 PM

The public's taste for "news" content that appeals on some level other than the strictly informative and the media's taste for profitablity are so intertwined that it's impossible to know which is the cause and which the effect. "Media creates the demand," and "The demand is part of human nature and the media is only responding to it," are equally meaningless statements. They're just two aspects of a self-perpetuating feedback loop. The only way to break the loop is to refuse to participate. Unplugging your television is a good start.