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  • This is why so many people (idiots) like Rush Limbaugh- because he makes them believe he's giving news, but he's nothing more than a entertainer, a clown, a jest, a joke.

  • I think she's right that they're aren't helping themselves but the internet is playing a bigger part in my opinion.

  • As much as i respect this girls point and to an extent she is correct, the fact is that the internet is the main reason for the decline of news media, with unlimited primary source material easily accessible online, along with quick means of social communication the primary function of news shows has been usurped by a growning number of people who are able to find news relevent to them and interpret it their own way.

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  • Yeah, you are absolutely right, Lori.

  • damn.. sorry the USA news is dead..lol

  • My name is Wally and I like to eat cheese. *munch munch munch*

  • what is killing the news is FOX NEWS in the ratings. really, they have the highest ratings and continue to dominate for what, ten years now. and, why is that? I ask that question but the real answer is never mentioned. msnbc and fox both had spikes last year and msnbc crashed to the bottom and fox grew even more. hmmm

  • Who is that girl?? I like her...

    About the news: They are designed to influence people's thinking. It's a really good advice to have some international friends to proof what they say in the news.

    And - there are enough news, it's just that not everybody is interested in everything...

  • That's why I think people like fox news so well, they like the propaganda delivered to them by these clowns, it makes for more entertaining (but false) news!

    The down side is that so many people think FOX is a REAL news source instead of being a right wing agenda false news source.

    I know you GOP backer are gonna get pissed hearing the truth but it is the TRUTH...

    FOX chooses to make fun of one side while representing the other side as heroes fighting 4 the rights of ordinary people lol!

  • If they separated the horse shit from the news, my question is, what would FOX news report?

    An entire crew of fake news casters would be out of work! Which would raise the unemployment rate.

    You're wrong about running out of things to report on, they're is plenty of new worthy stuff to report on it's just that we continue to keep reporting about the same BS.

    People are sick of hearing nothing but BAD news when they turn on the news.

  • I like watching BBC24. They repeat news of the day so I can find out what is going on anytime I want. I do not think they make up stories.

  • You are a wise woman... please run for office!

  • Truth exposed on the Internet is what's killing the "news".

    If the "headlines" were truthful they wouldn't be dying.

  • Very well said

  • Also, having a little common sense and knowing bullshit from the mainstream media when you see it promoting wars to protect us from a phantom group called AL C.I.A.da and trashing our Bill of Rights in the name of security (Nazi Germany did the same kind of thing) Only a very weak minded idiot or chemically dumbed down waste of oxygen would attack and lay stupid commentary out acting like they are on top of things (reacting to their programming) referring to M moore is laughable attack too

  • horse shit

  • I like the way you say BIRTHED

  • the 911 coverup by the media turned me off to the mainstream media they totally exposed themselves with 911 . Bigtime.

  • you are totally exposing yourself to how big of an idiot you are when you say its a cover up. an excuse? MAAAAAAAAAAAYBE, but a cover up? how can people be so ignorant?

  • Uhh, hate to tell you but you are the one who is ignorant. You obviously have not researched the evidence. Here's a site 911docs(dot)net this is one of the millions of sites with real info about 911. You need to turn off your television and stop bowing down in praise to corporate mainstream media. They call it programming because they are programming you. Oh but , you are too smart for that right??

  • And you feel that you arent being programmed to believe it was a cover up. right.... go watch some more Michael Moore you sheep. I have researched both sides and I find one to be laughable, and that happens to be your side. Deal with it :)

  • Ha! You're funny . It is a cover up. I'm not going to waste time trying to argue with a keyboard commando. If you want to get to the truth you must view both sides. If you dont know about the inside job evidence surrounding 911 , evidence of thermite found in debris from PHD's and the countless architects ,engineers and Phd's saying demolitions were used then YOU are not qualified to debate the subject. search ae911truth , wtc7(dot)net <<< 2 of millions of websites presenting this evidence

  • william randolph hearst killed the news long before for tv.

  • stumble.. great video

  • stumbled, not a great video. for some reason i dont trust someone wearing a 4 year olds wardrobe.

  • Well Said! Keep it up!

  • ..what's killing the news?.....

    Baby boomers unwilling to shift to new technology ie. internet/ computers

    The newer generation is a bit more environmentally conscious ie...not wanting to kill trees resulting in buying less paper products. etc etc etc.

  • I pay say $50/month to ISP's to access all the news i want on the internet. I pay an additional $40 for Cable TV. I am very selective with what sites i read and shows I watch. I am very happy with my news. Newspapers are dead or dying fast. Good Journalism will live on. Sure there is a lot of crap on TV and the net, Newspapers used to be how i got my news. Everyone that has access to the net now and has a brain is canceling their newspaper subs. Go figure. Peace out bros.

  • And from madhammudeux we learn how common inferiority complex is around the globe LOL !

  • haha, you know what's really hilarious is how several people on a 'news' network are all given a few seconds to rush like idiots through their 'opinions' before 'WE're out of time gotta go to ad dollars ' fuck the stinking cunts

  • i think your argument is simplistic but you're cute so, yeah.. haha

  • News is very much ALIVE!

    Visit TheYNC. com and enlighten yourself!

  • i wouldnt agree on some of your points,

    there are many important and interesting events in every part of the world, on every stage of our life, from research... trough business... to wildlife... that can easily fill all existing channels with different and everchanging content, content of top quality, you only have to go a little deeper, you see everything is interconnected

  • To anyone out there who knows, is BBC any better than your Fox/NBC crap? CNN is pretty biased too, just a little more subtle about it than NBC. I'm hoping there is still a new program that covers news in a balanced fashion. Maybe there never was?

  • Said many time here, beauty and brains. You killed the news with people like Lisa Nova and Sexy Phil, yes even Fred. You're more fun and informative.

  • The MSM is killing itself, no doubt. But I disagree about lack of source material being the problem. There's plenty of fascinating information - but MSM displays only the ugliest, bloodiest, most confrontational crap. Where's the news about Obama's community action programs if Michelle Bachmann's son isn't involved? Where's the news about the new Spanish telescope? MSM is hooked on ratings and advertisers - they need a more service-oriented biz model.

  • "Human Nature" (for want of better term) kills the news. Humans are creatures driven to seek out a world that conforms to their world-view. Doing anything else causes pain. BOTH the Internet AND the 24-hr. news cycle cater to this human need better than print media ever could. So "The News" as we knew it is dying, but nothing has changed. People have always subscribed to the papers/stations/ideas that make sense to them. Mourn nothing. The Seattle P-I is gone, but humans persist.

  • I used to think that our news in Germany were bad until I was able to compare it with the stuff from the US... Luckily, we only have two major 24h news channels and they mostly use cycles and documentaries to fill the gaps - still, a lot of it is just info- or entertainment.

    And apart from that, the evening news, AFAIK, still hold the major share of viewers...

  • Sorry you could not be more wrong. In France we have just a couple hours of news cycle, it's terrible. The News is just short enough that they can cut out anything they dont fell important, in a 24 hours news cycle they cant. sure its a little long and they do need some Horse shit filler. But at least you get everything. French news is very broad and we really dont get all the details on a subject.

  • I don't know about France, but in the USA, the news is a joke. On Fox, whenever someone who is interviewed by them, they resort to immature name calling like children, if they disagree to try and discredit the the person rather than a fair and balanced debate over an issue. They should be sued for saying they are fair and balanced.

  • im french but i now live in the states. The news may be bad, but at least you get debates. In france we get fixed debates where the winner has already been decided. Imagine FOX news or MSNBC on every channel......

  • You have to realize that starting back in the 1940's JP Morgan starting buying up media outlets. The media is owned by a handful of elites, like the Rothschild's and Murdoch. Our debates are generally left and right and these 2 reams are art of the same team. The other teams are not allowed in, except on occasion to discredit them with childish behavior. It is entertainment for the dumbed down population, real issues seen occasionally on CSpan or the internet. Our TV is merely a distraction.

  • Why on earth would you leave France to come here? As soon as I have the money, I am getting out of here and going to Europe.

  • What are you talking about? They have 24 hour news channels in France!?!? You are talking about terrestrial TV, but in France you get Cable TV with 24 hours. You can get BBC News 24, which is better than ANYTHING here in America.

  • If you're really French, how have you never heard of FRANCE 24??? It's a 24 hour news channel!!!

  • yes, and no one watches FRANCE 24. Its a pieace of shit news station. Plus the majority of the French population only has the 6 public Channels (TF1, France 2, France 3, Canal+/Arte/Nothing, France 5, and M6). The only way you can get FRANCE 24 is through satliet TV which very few people have. (cont)

  • (cont) Plus FRANCE 24, besides being a terible news channel, is just FRANCE 2 over and over and over again. Asking someone in France if they watch FRANCE 24 is like asking them if they watch FRANCE 4, or FRANCE 0 no one watches those channels.

  • France 24 is terrible, yes, but so are American 24 hour News channels. And the majority of French use Terrestrial, instead of satellite, because they value their lives more than Americans, who just spend most of it sat in front of the TV. Americans have always had the most channels, because TV is their god. TV SUCKS. It's a waste of your life. The more TV channels you have in your house the more of a fat loser you are.

  • Do you really want to have anything in common with the Americans? The fattest, laziest, most arrogant, most intellectually backward people in the western world? The people who value money above all things? The people devoid of culture, who have to sit on their fat asses eating junk food. The people who brag about how big their TV is, as if it's something to be proud of?

    Europe is not perfect, but at least there is culture, history and open minded intelligence. And better food.

  • "Do you really want to have anything in common with the Americans?"

    Yes. I believe that we can a lot from each other.

  • From Americans you can learn, Junk food, consumerism, arrogance, gun crime, mega stores, cheap ugly architecture and you can unlearn anything you already know about geography, history and culture.

    American Cuisine - McDonalds

    American Culture - Hollywood remakes

    American Retail - Walmart, Kmart, Target

    American Cars - Chevy Pickup

    American passion - Guns, TV, More Guns.

    American Music - Jonas Brothers, Miley Cyrus, Rap.

    Only a fool copies the Americans.

  • And only a fool threatens those violent, armed, tacky Americans with their big trucks and terrible food. Certainly not a smarmy bag full of empty wind -- you? Remember we Americans do all of your dirty work, helping keep this world free from tyranny and extremism. What has your sad excuse for a country done lately for for these causes? If we left world affairs to countries like yours, you'd be LITERALLY bent over a barrel taking it hard, squealing like a pig. So please shut up!!

  • One more thing, you pretentious fool. Don't try telling me you're an American, because you certainly have no sense of gratitude for the liberties and freedom you enjoy if you do live here in the US as you claim. Why don't you move to Albania if this country is so terrible? I'm sure they have great food and a wonderful culture there. If that doesn't work out for you, try North Korea or Communist China!!

  • Yes we all just eat big mac all day, watch tv, shop at poor people stores, and drive cheap crap cars.

    Better then running from any little conflict, but since stereotypes are never true.

    I haven't had a McDonald's in at least 10 years, Everyone has useless people in their country; ours just idolize celebrities, Not sure what is wrong with the stores but don't shop at them, GM cars are considered crap by most people and is why they are failing, Don't know anyone who owns a gun

  • You should watch The Onion. It's such a great parody of the news! I love their accuracy and their exaggeration of how the news works.

  • news might be dying but you keep getting sexier!

  • If you want the same news again and again,

    simply tune in to CNN

    And for lies and obfuscations

    Go lock onto FOX Nation

    There is no truth

    There are no facts

    Just enough "news" to obscure what's real.

  • News makes money for them, Nice Presenting, you should work for the news :)

  • Uneducated people like yourself are what has killed the media, you make up all kinds of shit as well, what a hypocrite.

  • I very much agree - the news became annoying for me when they started trying to pinch internet ideas like UGC (user generated content) and led important worldwide issues with opinion, not fact. That is NOT the job of the news, that is the job of comment and opinion programmes, not the news.

  • The death of new papers is because people don't need to buy a hard/paper copy of a story they can read online for free. Also stories can break much faster on the web than they can, waiting for the morning edition to roll off the presses and make it to a news stand.

    The sinking ratings of television news cast has more to do with the fact that people can watch news on their computer anytime they fell like it. It's about freedom & convenience, not about the actually quality of the content.

  • I agree. I think it's also interesting how Fox news and CNN will get their respective viewers riled up about something the other one said.  BOTH are looking for ratings.

  • I totally agree with you!! If I see one more thing about Jhon and kate plus 8 I will screme!!!

    btw I love your shirt :)

  • Lori, goin back to the stuff you're really good at, 5 stars baby!

  • I hate new york, there is nothing but narcissistic mentally sluggish idiots there. Oh wait, that's all of america..

  • The news killed itself when it started representing a single unified point of view.

  • mikma was here

  • Amen!!!!!!

  • theresident must be some kind of political genius or something because she never mentioned which news outlets she was referring to. Now you can watch people from both left and right say she is 100% correct about Fox News or 100% correct about CNN. Ha Ha ha.

    She fooled you all...

  • ...this is Brian Williams with NBC Nightly Horseshit

    Resident - Yo GO Girl!!

  • i dont even bother watching the news..you get the same story told a different way everytime and they always have the important stories at the end and awhole bunch of "news" like what bitch from the hills got arrested and what for when no one gives a shit about that

  • I know...reruns on every channel at the same time.

  • I see someone's making a comeback. Love the energy. Please don't let it become cliché.

  • I agree with suspekt29. The news today is just tailored to whatever view you hold. If you're a Right Winger you go to Fox. If you're a Lib you go to MSNBC or maybe CNN.

    The Broadcast networks' News Divisions at least are trying to strike some kind of balance. However, I have the feeling that their days are numbered :(

  • I melt every time I see this chick. She's got some good opinions and ideas too.

  • damn so brilliant and beautiful

  • shez hottttttttttttttt

  • you're absolutely right Lori!

  • how can they not blame it on the internet? lots of people get their news from people like you lol.

  • charles manson killed the news..

    haha

  • lol

  • The news was killed when we lost people we could rely and depend on, instead of being fed lie after lie. We have no Walter Kronkite in the 21st century. Everything we hear validates someones opinion. We hear one extreme or another and no truth because the truth is not what people want./

  • Well said. I remember when I was a little kid in the 70s and my parents watched either Walter Cronkite on CBS, David Brinkley on NBC or Howard K. Smith on ABC.  They were some of the most honored and trusted newsmen of all time unlike the talking d-bags at MSNBC, CNBC, CNN, and oh yes, Fux Noise.

  • Cody... Cody killed the news.

  • Wrong. You fail. Again. Of course it was the Internet.

  • The corporate media killed the news

  • hmm.. interesting point,  Ms.Lori

  • thats a good video after many days

  • Well said. But the news killed itself... forever due to the fact that people now are programmed to respond to shinny object flashing before them. Any REAL news would be met with the understating of a dog tilting it's head due to an unusual sound it experiences.

  • I dont think an airplane hitting a helicoptor above the Hudson river was made up. Fox news has better ratings than CNN and MSNBC combined. It's CNN and MSNBC who make things up. If you listen to Glenn Beck who isnt a Republican or Democrat you can hear whats really going on.

  • Or the fact he did fake crying for a photoshoot. Sometimes his baby screams are enough for the populace who have to deal with his crap.

  • Foxnews has better ratings, not because it is better programing, but because they are the only broadcast that caters to the conservative demographic.

    Also, Glenn Beck is, and should be, the least respected of all pundits. He slings more propoganda, hate and fear mongering than anyone on television. What's also funny is that you act as though his vies are wholly his own, he has become ar more radical since leaving CNN because there is an audience for it now.

  • We agree to disagree. Enough said.

  • Lori, great video! You're right that print and tv news have slit their own throats. If they had more integrity with their approach & their product, maybe they could even charge for their product on the internet ? But let's face it..the new generation growing up has been fed internet since their first solid food, and they kinda went from having books read to them straight to TV/internet. I grew up watching my dad read 4 newspapers every day...that just doesn't happen anymore!

  • Simply put, you nailed it.

  • *sigh* everything is blurred. You, The Resident, just needs to start writing for newspapers instead of giving it all up for free on the internets. Then people will be like "woah, I'm a buy a newspaper to read what dat Resident got 2 say." Hmm...Newspapers should come with DVDs, cuz I'd miss seeing you talk about stuff if you did that. :< But then I'd probably just let unwatched DVDs pile up. It's a lot easier to just click on a YT! video in my Subscription panel. Whoo.

  • Her and Natalie from the Community Channel are my two favorite girls on YouTube!!!

  • Oh my God

  • Another thing ... FOX is growing ... in her pretty little head .. her NYTimes or some other ultra liberal publication (Or liberal talk radio like Air America) is dying, and FAST! Hahaha

    People want truth ... not progressive green fascist commie vonnegut trash ... they don't want trampy Joan Walsh or any other foul mouthed venom dripping commentary. They want news that retains a sense of respect and a fair and balanced approach ... like FOX news.

  • hail hitler

  • Wrong. The news killed itself by censoring out everything we want to know. They did it because powerful people and groups don't want us to know very basic things, like who killed JFK (it was the CIA), and why (he threatened the bankers) or why did World Trade Center building 7 collapse at free fall speed at 5:20pm on 9/11 when no plane struck it, nor did any debris (it was exploded with thermite).

    The news companies in America are no more honest than the USSR's Pravda.

  • This over simplistic summary is blatant attack on, in her words, "horse shit"(which of course would be anything that counters her opinion).

  • ERRR ... she says entertainment while others may say the vast expanse of opinion pieces or opinionated journalism ...

  • i also noticed a trend among western news channels. the term "breaking news" is overused. something that broke weeks ago can still be termed that.

    if everything becomes "breaking news", then nothing is truly important, no?

  • you might be right, but the "dying of news" isn't as obvious in countries (like mine) where there aren't 24 hours news channels.

    i work at a Singaporean news channel. and our first bulletin start from 0630 and the last ends at about 2330. and already we don't have enough news to report about. going 24hrs must be worse.

  • According to this view, Ted Turner, the founder of CNN, is responsible for the killing of 'the news'.

  • u look creepy

  • Got some good points, plus she's cute! Yet still, facebook and Twitter are really starting to bore me along with Drudge and the other clones on the web. What kind of nut ball actually collects " eggs " on facebook?

  • that made the most sense out of all the asses

  • Disagree. The news has always been entertainment. The difference is that with the internet one can find more sources and ignore the popular hype.

  • Local news ( Lets beat this story to its death). False claims made about their integrity. Film at eleven, exclusive, pictures and on and on and on. They act more like promoters than reporters. What a joke it has become !

  • That was factual and to the point. Very nice.

  • Die main stream media.  Die and burn in hell.

  • I agree with her on the "news as entertainment" for television, but the Internet is definetely killing newspapers. What a waste of paper and ink those are nowadays.

  • Why are you censoring yourself?

    Love your videos btw. :)

  • Resident - if you want to dig deeper on this, you should look into the FCC requirements regarding stations needing to have certain amounts of news - that was actually what started the blurring long before the 24 hour news. There are certain advantages for things being news. You also avoid certain union issues and are rewarded in other ways - start looking into FCC and you'll see what I mean. As for newspapers - that's falling with magazines - and that is the internet.

  • Eh, you give too much credit to 24 hour news programming.

    It is the internet. Think about it. I bet more people watch you at a given time than certain programs on the news channels. Without the net, it wouldn't have happened.

    We have the whole world of information at our finger tips, so we don't have to wait for the news to tell us.

    From cellphones to RSS, Alerts, etc. We are informed 24 hours a day with what we want because of the net.

  • I could go into a book worth of why I personally don't watch the news ( as I find out, it tends to be brainless, biased entertainment for the ignorant & naive ) but, I won't.

    Instead of papers embracing and making themselves more accustom to the net, they fight it and now, finally started to jump on but it's a little late for them.

    There are more respected bloggers ( who, some, are also investigative journalists ) than TV Journalists.

    So there's my point, in less than 1,000 words lol

  • the resident, have my baby!

  • fair point, well said.

  • I totally agree...and I have that shirt too! ;) cute

  • Spot on sister. You called it. I can't stand to watch MSM news anymore. And I'm a news junkie. They deserve what they get but we have to listen to them whine-I'm offering cheese to go with it.

  • Amen!

  • You are brilliant !!!

  • Yah...I agree.

  • God yes I can't agree more, this is absolutely right.

  • Just in case no one said it.....YOURE HOT!!! JUMP YOUR SEXY BONESSSSSS O YEAAA!!!

  • how about the fact that they don't serve our best interests? They report on stuff that doesn't matter, and bury the stories that matter. They serve the interests of politicians and companies, not the people. They were so on the bandwagon with "WMD in Iraq"

  • <3 theresident

  • 5 stars

  • New York TImes has the best news, especially for world news.

  • I love the scenery of NYC in the background!

  • I bet this girl has a mac.

  • ahaha

  • I use "the news" as a great place to get started, quick and dirty like "wikipedia".

    However, at least in the US, crime has been decreasing dramatically since the 1990s even though the population has increased. These figures can be verified at the Bureau of Justice Statististics.

    In summation, I'm saying that crime is down and "the media" has to work hard ot find a story.

  • Shiek, look closely. The statistics come from interviews, with only homicides coming from actual case data. So has crime dropped, or are the people who get robbed & raped simply not returning the surveys?

    This is why I hate the phrase "studies show" so much. It's important to not only look at the data, but HOW the data was collected.

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  • So true.

  • I like my news entertaining and I also like it unbiased,multi-faceted and without any angles-otherwise its just propaganda and/or mindless rubbish.

  • its prolly cause people are catching on that there aint no news on the news. its all entertainment and bs

  • I think you've hit on something. It is the 24-hour cycle, where news is shown, and then certain items are recycled ad nauseum !! If "the news" on TV completely dies, it is going to be a horrible thing because there needs to be paid people who will go places and dig out the journalism, the corruption and hidden stuff. Professional reporters are essential, and that means more than just guys writing for HuffPost sitting in their jammies at home.

  • I agree wholeheartedly. It's not that people can read blogs and watch Youtubers instead of tv, it's that the "real journalists" have just as much integrity as the average random guy talking about whatever comes to mind. There are exceptions but they are rare and they still have to stuff their programs with filler in order to keep their ratings up.

  • ...You do have a point though when you say that the best strategy for news sources is to concentrate on delivering good content and charging people for it.

  • I disagree because I think you (The Resident) and I have different understanding of the issue. The internet is killing the news because it's taking the advertising dollars and subscriptions away from newspapers. People such as I prefer to read the New York Times online instead of subscribing to it. I think the channels responsible for the 24 hour news cycles are doing just fine...

  • You topped the cake Lori, well done!

  • Somebody bleeped the word SHIT.

  • You know, normally I see a flip-side on the topics, but I can't really think of one here. I believe you've made an extremely valid point. Faved.

  • Amen to that! Have you noticed that all the major news channels hire people to tell us what a story "might mean." What kind of crap is that...

  • You took the words right out of my mouth Resident!!!

  • Or maybe people are just trying send the message that they are over priced and over rated and that there are better ways of passing the time than listening to someone read the news to them.

  • Perhaps it was the disinformation, spin and sound bites which did them in. There is so much hype these days. And the analysts and guest speakers just trash the shows and try to block a free exchange of ideas.

    It might be dissatisfaction with media in general and recent changes. If Congress wanted to get the media they couldn't have picked a better way than letting them do whatever they wanted and providing more channels than anyone could possibly follow.

  • I agree with you on some points but my feeling is that news especially tv news is sensationalism at it's worst. The locals only shows fires, rapes, murder, and car accidents. The national news brings us what the corporations want us to know depending on the advertisers interests. A new drug study saying this pill works, or this surgery doesn't work depending on whether the insurance companies or drug companies are paying for it. I like the NYTimes because it's still good reading.

  • Well said! Very good video.

  • you're talking about fox news, say it FUCK FOX NEWS!!!

  • I completely agree.

  • Agreed, journalists have not been journalists for twenty years or more.

  • how can they make money if no news, no horrible news, no terror news, no tragedy? no hatred? no wars? how can they make money??

  • best vid she made so far :)

  • Brooklyn Heights Promenade.... cool. You should give a tour of the Brooklyn Heights buildings getting solar panels on their roofs. Landmarks is giving us architects a run for the money on them.

  • that's a very good point

  • Journalism died in 1973-1974. Before Watergate (Woodward and Bernstein), journalists wanted to go out find the news and report it. After Watergate, all "journalism students" wanted to do was to destroy the president, but only if he was a conservative or Republican.

    Thus died journalism, and with it the news.

  • Those journalist were real journalist that did all the dirty work and found good stories. I don't see that now. Now the just cut and paste everything off the AP or anther news outlet. I wish they would go out and dig up stories so they can give us something original instead of cookie cutter crap.

  • LLarzelere, "but only if he was a conservative or Republican"? Apparently you're too young to remember when the rescue mission choppers crashed in the Iranian desert back in '79. Or the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

    The President is a big target, regardless of what side of the fence he is on.

  • Nah .. I was out of high school when Nixon was being hounded from office over what history has shown to be less than a third-rate burglary attempt.

    What did Nixon know and when? Geeze, who cares?

    After the Marines crashed in the desert after some particularly bad planning, the news was already of to another story 6 hours later, tho Carter never recovered. When Clinton disclaimed sex with "that woman", the press was all "ok, let me drink the Kool-Aide" and off to bash anyone who didn't agree.

  • good point. there must be an outlet for news. if advertising will no longer support network news, stop doing it.

    fox is doing well because it has a niche among the rightwing and has been successful in villainizing everyone else. the other outlets are competing for a diverse market share and i am not certain that including the two is really much of a comparison any longer.

    newspapers have panedered to ad revenue for so long that only the largest even pretend to hire journalists.

  • I canceled my TV cable 24 years ago when I found each 30-minute program had 15 minutes of commercials. I dont miss it one bit. Advertisers and corporations control newspapers. Newspapers have become information whores for sale to the highest bidder. Ethics in journalism is rare these days. We search for the truth where we find it. If it isnt there then it dies.