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Originally Posted by mixedmedia
Then why do you do it?
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Because you watch it. I don't like it either.
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Do you think we need to hear people to speak about their recently dead loved ones?
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No.
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And if you're going to try and tell someone that the news media is not in the business of making money and that the coverage of "big news" doesn't bring in more money then you might want to find someone else.
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OK. Then you tell me how we made money off of 9/11 when we didn't sell ANY ads during the wall to wall coverage of it.
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Yes, 9/11 affected us all and perhaps that was a bad analogy (which I tried to make up for with my latter comment), but in most "breaking news" situations, where what is being covered does not directly affect the dissemination of news, it is "opportunity" for news coverage.
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I won't argue with that. I'll go further to say that most breaking news isn't breaking news, but rather another lame attempt to convince the viewer to watch - -one that I personally think the viewer sees through.
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I'm sorry that they make you interview people in mourning. But, just remind yourself, when you're talking to me about it, that you're not doing it for me.
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No, I'm not. But remember when you blast the entire media that your stereotypes do not apply to all of us.