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Again, it's going to depend on the news event. We don't make as much money off of big news as you think. We can't charge any more for advertising - it's not like the advertisers give a damn WHAT we're showing, just how many eyeballs we pull in. Big news requires lots of setup, special equipment, and often rentals. We make quite a bit more money doing those bullshit health stories, or those craptacular "it's warm out today!" stories than we make when we have to cover something big.
I'm cool with you "mouthing off" as you said (I don't think of it that way) on whatever you want, but if I see something inaccurate, I will step in and point it out. An opinion formed on faulty facts is not a good opinion.
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Fine. I will take you assertion as an insider that tv news doesn't exploit tragedy for money. But (significantly) they exploit it, and for whatever reason it is that they do so, I am opposed to it.
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus
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