http://politicsandpress.com/2008/campaign-2008-riding-the-road-of-trivialities/ The interaction of the press and politics; public diplomacy, and daily absurdities. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:29:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/campaign-2008-riding-the-road-of-trivialities/#comment-2606 Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:49:22 +0000 http://politicsandpress.com/2008/campaign-2008-riding-the-road-of-trivialities/#comment-2606 The critique applies to the media, particularly TV news - broadcast and cable - generally. The 6 o'clock news is urban slaughter, car crashes, and gas prices. Now even the national broadcast TV news - the programs which in the past were anchored by such relative giants as Sevareid, Cronkite, and, a long time ago, Murrow - are now mostly garbage. Guest "reporters" sit before the lead anchor and spout out the trivialities you reference. No wonder the American voter tends to not know his ass from his elbow. No wonder - even more critically - the American student is ill-informed and badly educated. The news programs reflect the masses' interests in an effort to boost ratings, and the masses wander from non-issue to non-issue and think highly of themselves. The critique applies to the media, particularly TV news - broadcast and cable - generally. The 6 o’clock news is urban slaughter, car crashes, and gas prices. Now even the national broadcast TV news - the programs which in the past were anchored by such relative giants as Sevareid, Cronkite, and, a long time ago, Murrow - are now mostly garbage. Guest “reporters” sit before the lead anchor and spout out the trivialities you reference. No wonder the American voter tends to not know his ass from his elbow. No wonder - even more critically - the American student is ill-informed and badly educated. The news programs reflect the masses’ interests in an effort to boost ratings, and the masses wander from non-issue to non-issue and think highly of themselves.

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