Time Warner's NY1 TV news channel ("the CNN of New York") adamantly refuses to host a Democratic New York Senate debate. Despite protests over its decision, NY1 says it is giving incumbent Clinton a no-debate free pass because her antiwar challenger, union leader Jonathan Tasini, has not raised enough money; the channel arbitrarily set the bar at a half-million dollars.
2006-08-25 14:28:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Here's a shocker, you might really want to sit down for this one.
Ready?
People are stupid.
That's it. Thousands of pages of social/psyhological/economic/culture analysis can be synthesized down to those three words.
People that really care about these media and politics issues are really just chasing their own tails, getting nowhere, greating vast, complex menageries of opinion, claim, politics, deception. Mountains of BS.
People are stupid. They want to be led, they want to be entertained. Always have, always will.
2006-08-25 14:36:57 · answer #1 · answered by CrispyEd 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ABC, CBS,& NBC has lost most it viewers and they still don't get it. Fox is kicking butt, and so is talk radio. News now is pure propaganda from the extrem left. They would sale America to a death squad for a few more points.
2006-08-25 21:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Giving the people what they want. News is now (and has been for a while) entertainment..
2006-08-25 21:31:19 · answer #3 · answered by Bill 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sensationalism sells, that's why.'
2006-08-25 21:34:24 · answer #4 · answered by Bluealt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋