> To the extent that the news is homogeneous then, all things being equal, we're going to get stuff that panders to the lowest common denominator, not in depth

> To the extent that the news is homogeneous then, all things being equal, we're going to get stuff that panders to the lowest common denominator, not in depth or challenging reporting. You don't understand the proposals for "common news". They're all basically "you'll see what I think that you should see I'll tell you that it's good for you and that I'm not censoring anything important."