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I've started watching some CSPAN hearings lately, going to the first-party source, because the reporting was so polarized. I'd hoped that that the difficulty of
by LeifCarrotson 6y ago
I've started watching some CSPAN hearings lately, going to the first-party source, because the reporting was so polarized. I'd hoped that that the difficulty of finding reasonable, moderate platforms was in part a problem of an extreme vocal minority being amplified by a media incentive to generate views. Unfortunately, I found that senators can be just as vitrolic as the anchors.
- bigbubba 6y agoA few days ago I read this comment on HN which says CSPAN is part of the problem too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24807616 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24807616 I don't have the perspective to evaluate this claim though. I don't know much about the intersection of politics and media in the 80s and 90s. It seems worth considering though. The premise seems straight forward: broadcasting politicians changes how politicians behave.