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> the cost of the staffing, equipment, need to print locally, etc. meant that there was a lot of money on the line This is a double edge sword. The internet c
by nowherebeen 5y ago
> the cost of the staffing, equipment, need to print locally, etc. meant that there was a lot of money on the line
This is a double edge sword. The internet changed the equation whereby now it is more important to create engagement by creating controversy to keep viewership up for advertisers. To a non-American like me, CNN and Fox News, have a remarkably similar format. Johnny Harris explains this best: https://youtu.be/BkUH2tP8PYw https://youtu.be/BkUH2tP8PYw
- acdha 5y agoI definitely wouldn’t say the old way is without its own problems - only that it’s what most older people were familiar with. Remember that cable TV is something which became popular when the boomers were in their 30-40s so at least from an American perspective you can kind of view the 20th century as a series of escalations returning to and then blowing past the worst of the yellow journalism era.