if CBS News doesn't have enough faith in their skills to make action worthy reporting, then they should close shop and go home rather than engage in such cowardly behaviour.
I'm not going second guess the decision since we don't know what actually happened in real time, how ready the news was, etc.
But television news is not a noble matter of keeping the public informed, it's just another form of entertainment these days, and this "transfer of power" away from print media to zap in your face television is very likely the main reason we have elected such an execrable president.
I don't get American TV, and only look at TV5 (the francophone stuff on satellite) so only see bits of television at friend's or sometimes at a bar or something. It's really very bad in general, and guys like Rove know how to exploit this lack of quality, depth, and pertinence.
It's going to be virtually impossible to do anything about it, as there's way too much money tied up in it. Money firmly in the hands of special interest groups is the real reason there is no national health care, why the American fleet mileage is a complete joke, why presidential elections are a farce, and it goes on, the list is long.
Why does anyone really think we invaded Iraq ? I mean, really ? |
