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> The news industry invented the 24 hour news cycle It was enabled by technology. There was channel scarcity with broadcast. Cable, and all of its enabling tec
by golemotron 9y ago
> The news industry invented the 24 hour news cycle
It was enabled by technology. There was channel scarcity with broadcast. Cable, and all of its enabling technologies, added abundance allowing space for some channels to completely dedicated themselves to news.
I said "enabled" but we could even say it was "technologically determined." It's hard to imagine a world with abundant channels where that wouldn't have happened.