| Media is a business intending to make money like any other business.
If they can't make money, they die.
Reporting the actual, no-shit news generally won't make you any money.
That's why there's been a gradual shift to entertainment as news since the MTV generation in the 80s. Nobody delivers the news anymore. It's all packaged and processed and molded to fit the ratings parameters. If nobody's watching, you're irrelevant -- you're done.
Thirty years ago the news broadcasts had far less bias. People would, for example, chose to watch CBS over NBC because they trusted the announcer more. Today almost all media favors one political leaning or the other and viewers tune in accordingly based on whether they want to agree or disagree with the news. |