The transition of news from a public service to a profitable commodity is irreversible. Legions of new media present a vista of unrelenting competition. Advertisers crave young viewers, and these young viewers are deemed to be uninterested in hard news, especially hard news from abroad. This is felicitous, since covering overseas news is very expensive. On the other hand, the appetite for strongly held, if unsubstantiated, opinion is demonstrably high. And such talk, as they say, is cheap.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news
Ted Koppel: Olbermann, O'Reilly and the death of real news
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