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news has become personal. why pay for a newspaper that has a sports page in it when you don't care about sports? why watch news you don't care about, when you can create your own news feeds?
news that is successful today is niche and nuanced. people, as evidenced quite clearly in this discussion, want news that reflects their viewpoint. i think the idea of one reporter breaking a story has been antiquated by the countless amount of viewpoints we have at our disposal. don't like what one pundit says? you can find one who is telling the story the way you want to hear it. regardless of what your view is on fox news, you cannot deny they have been able to develop one of the strongest and most commercially valuable news brands out there.
and this is what the future is going to be. much like you define yourself with the brands you buy, you will define yourself with the brand of news you get your information from. rush limbaugh is a brand as much as coke or pepsi is.
given this, how would it look for any government administration to start bailing out a media outlet?
- You stopped making sense when you equated pundits with news.DrBombay
- that's pretty much what it has become. talking heads. just news is boring.johndiggity
- You are talking about political commentary/opinion.DrBombay
- That isn't news. telling the world 20 men died in Iraq today is news.DrBombay
- Telling them we need more men there is commentary.DrBombay
- my point is the two are no longer separable, a la 24hr news channels.johndiggity