The absurdity of cable news
August 6th 2009 05:48
Have you noticed that cable news channels spend a lot of time talking about other cable news shows and personalities? They often criticize the coverage on competing networks and they seize on any mistake -- real or imagined -- made by hosts on their competitors' shows. Additionally, cable news anchors often talk about shows on their own networks. If a cable news channel has an interview with someone and that person says something provocative or controversial, it will be repeated over and over and over. Honestly, very little "news" even appears anymore on cable news channels.
Also, the shows relish the opportunity to gin up some drama. It seems to delight them to no end to be mentioned by other news channels. In that respect, their on-air personalities are not unlike Hunter Thompson. They try to create the news and inject themselves into the story by being an instigating and/or perpetuating force.
I suppose this was inevitable once 24-hour news channels came into existence. They have to fill the time with something, right? It's tedious to watch, though. As a result, I find myself increasingly turning away from those channels. Over the years, I've come to rely greatly on getting my news from the internet. That allows me to filter out the egos and just read the news items of interest to me. Of course, I still have to be vigilant about bias when reading news items on the internet. Nevertheless, getting my news from the web provides a great opportunity to bypass a lot of the noise and drama that you get when you watch cable news.
Also, the shows relish the opportunity to gin up some drama. It seems to delight them to no end to be mentioned by other news channels. In that respect, their on-air personalities are not unlike Hunter Thompson. They try to create the news and inject themselves into the story by being an instigating and/or perpetuating force.
I suppose this was inevitable once 24-hour news channels came into existence. They have to fill the time with something, right? It's tedious to watch, though. As a result, I find myself increasingly turning away from those channels. Over the years, I've come to rely greatly on getting my news from the internet. That allows me to filter out the egos and just read the news items of interest to me. Of course, I still have to be vigilant about bias when reading news items on the internet. Nevertheless, getting my news from the web provides a great opportunity to bypass a lot of the noise and drama that you get when you watch cable news.
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