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> Warner Media wants CNN to focus on hard journalism Wait may we actually see some positive change come out of this nonsense?

• tootie 5y ago
  They can focus on hard journalism or they can be profitable but they can't do both. Fox is incredibly successful and charges many times higher rates for cable carriage but running a fine-tuned outrage machine.
  • wolverine876 5y ago
    > They can focus on hard journalism or they can be profitable but they can't do both. I'm not sure that's true. When everything we consume all day is from rage machines, some hard journalism would be very, very welcome. Just a display of sensibleness would be rejuvenating, no matter what they were reporting. Rage machines were once the new, exciting thing. Now, I think many if not most are worn out.
    • tootie 5y ago
      That's your opinion but it's not the majority opinion. Like I mentioned, Fox is not only the most profitable news org, they have growing competition who are even less ethical. We could have been elevating NPR or the New Yorker this whole time but it hasn't happened.
      • wolverine876 5y ago
        > That's your opinion but it's not the majority opinion. In business, the majority opinion doesn't matter. In fact, if the majority agrees with you, you are too late to the market. > We could have been elevating NPR or the New Yorker this whole time but it hasn't happened. The New Yorker has an intellectual hurdle and mostly isn't hard journalism. NPR has its own limitations, including lack of a cable news channel.