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> First CNN the way it is packaged and broadcast isn't really news, it's entertainment. I think this is a problem with all cable news, and is more or less dire
by babypuncher 4y ago
> First CNN the way it is packaged and broadcast isn't really news, it's entertainment.
I think this is a problem with all cable news, and is more or less directly responsible for the dramatic polarization of US politics over the last 30 years. Politics looks more like sports now. Irrational fandom and support for one's "team" is fine when it is over something trivial like moving a ball from one end of the field to another. It becomes detrimental when it's over things that actually impact our lives.
Hell, before cable news, Republicans and Democrats didn't even get consistent colors on electoral maps. It used to be that blue meant "incumbent party" and red meant "challenging party".
- spaetzleesser 4y ago"I think this is a problem with all cable news, and is more or less directly responsible for the dramatic polarization of US politics over the last 30 years. Politics looks more like sports now. Irrational fandom and support for one's "team" is fine when it is over something trivial like moving a ball from one end of the field to another. It becomes detrimental when it's over things that actually impact our lives." that is probably true. And reporting about politics like sports brought out the worst of the US two party system. The talking head format did a lot of damage too. I came to the US in 2000 and when in 2004 they philosophized for hours about whether people would prefer to have a beer with Bush or Kerry I thought "WTF? What does this have to do with anything?".