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The consolidation of television and movies is disconcerting but because it is a high overhead and thus advertising driven medium, it is inevitable without government intervention. I view television as 95% entertainment anyway and I put very little stock into network or cable news. PBS documentaries are about the only source of consistent quality journalism I have found on TV.
What is more alarming to me is the consolidation of print news. Print should be the last bastion of pure journalism but the increasing commercialization of print media is following in the path of television. Last I heard the New York Time, LA Times and Washington Post were the only print publications with journalists on the ground in Iraq and the LA Times was being pressured by investors to pull out.
THE NEWS SHOULD NOT HAVE INVESTORS
Internet may soon be the only reliable source for news. Even with the thousands of yahoos posting mostly nonsense, I see very little difference between that and tv news. Hopefully, serious, dedicated journalists will turn to the internet as an alternative to corporate news houses to preserve relevant and uncensored journalism.
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I know Nietzsche doesnt rhyme with peachy, but you sound like a pretentious prick when you correct me.
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