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Cimarron29414 · 09-14-2010, 05:25 AM

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I believe the decline of our free press was born on the day CNN started. If I recall, they were the first 24/7 news agency. The need to create 24 hours worth of news every day is the overwhelming drive. I didn't use "create" by accident. The media can no longer make the distinction between "events" and "news" because they have too much time to fill. Frankly, there isn't really enough going on (even on the planet) to fill 24 hours of news on a channel.

Hence, the dawn of the opinion shows on those channels. One hour of dissecting the limited news and describing how we should all react to that news -followed by another hour of dissection by a different person. Of course, these opinion people also justify why this event is important enough to us to become news - enter Terry Jones.

In my opinion, this 24/7 news phenomenon is when the "duty" of reporting the news for T.V. (but you only have a half hour so pick the important stuff) morphed into an "opportunity" to make money by tuning the news to maximize profit.

I think I could tie the recent dysfunction of our federal government back to this as well, but I don't think I need to. I think we can all agree that the media plays an overwhelming role in the Federal government's behavior.

09-14-2010, 05:25 AM	#188 (permalink)
Cimarron29414 Still Free Location: comfortably perched at the top of the bell curve!	rb- I believe the decline of our free press was born on the day CNN started. If I recall, they were the first 24/7 news agency. The need to create 24 hours worth of news every day is the overwhelming drive. I didn't use "create" by accident. The media can no longer make the distinction between "events" and "news" because they have too much time to fill. Frankly, there isn't really enough going on (even on the planet) to fill 24 hours of news on a channel. Hence, the dawn of the opinion shows on those channels. One hour of dissecting the limited news and describing how we should all react to that news -followed by another hour of dissection by a different person. Of course, these opinion people also justify why this event is important enough to us to become news - enter Terry Jones. In my opinion, this 24/7 news phenomenon is when the "duty" of reporting the news for T.V. (but you only have a half hour so pick the important stuff) morphed into an "opportunity" to make money by tuning the news to maximize profit. I think I could tie the recent dysfunction of our federal government back to this as well, but I don't think I need to. I think we can all agree that the media plays an overwhelming role in the Federal government's behavior. __________________ Gives a man a halo, does mead. "Here lies The_Jazz: Killed by an ambitious, sparkly, pink butterfly." Last edited by Cimarron29414; 09-14-2010 at 05:28 AM..