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Originally posted by Wax_off
News organizations need to appeal to the most number of viewer/readers/listeners.
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I disagree. News organizations need to appeal to the demographic that their advertisers are looking for. (Not necessarily the most number of viewers). Some shows stay on television not because they have a large market share, but because they have a strong following in a niche market. Advertisers pay for access to that niche market. This is true for many television shows. It may be true for news organizations as well.
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Originally posted by Wax_off
Consequently market forces tend to drive their reporting towards the middle, not to the left. Most news organizations also are dependent on advertising dollars to support them. Large advertisers are mostly corporations which politicaly tend to lean towards conservative ideals (corporate welfare, tax breaks, anti-union and others.) Therefore News organizations have an incentive to not be too liberal for fear of angering their money supply.
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Makes sense to me.