Waiting for Woeismeday

[Marburg]

*sigh* Why is it that whichever side of US politics you look at it's always (groups of) people with less integrity than a tell sell promoter?

IMHO, The simplest answer to your question is that mainstream news in America is profit driven and on the bottom line, more concerned with ratings than anything else no matter what channel you watch. The old school concept of journalistic integrity that many people still cling to is very much a myth and simply doesn't exist on any of the networks. (most obviously on the news networks) Voyeurism, conflict, & misogyny is what gets people to tune in to any given channel & the goal is not to truly inform the public, but just to get you to watch their commercials during the breaks while giving the illusion of reporting "the news".

The long time practice of "If it bleeds, it leads" covers voyeurism, the daily pundit flame wars covers the conflict angle, & the multi-channel army of sexy infobabe newsbunnies covers the misogynistic part.

Oh, & The whole argument of conservativeberal media bias is just a red herring no matter what side you like to argue for because from the networks perspective, money is ultimately what drives the argument while ideology is only secondary to it.

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