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That's an interesting observation and in hindsight obvious. Back in the day we had news in the morning...news at noon and then some nightly news. The major netw
by fma 6y ago
That's an interesting observation and in hindsight obvious. Back in the day we had news in the morning...news at noon and then some nightly news. The major networks (ABC, NBC) would play other random TV shows the rest of the time and make money. Now with 24/x7 news...they literally need to fill the time with some form of "news" and as you pointed out...pundits was their solution.
- Consultant32452 6y agoLet's not forget the FaceBook effect. Once news companies started getting instant feedback on their views via countable clicks/shares, it really showed them where the money is. A website starts up that just shows police brutality, gets millions of shares. Guess what's making the news? Now comes SEO style key-word packing. Lots of shares on police brutality? And racism? And lgbtq? Well, here's my cross-sectional news story that contains racist police brutality against lgbtq and even though the police officer was a minority this really just demonstrates internalized white supremacy.