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Topic	How much do you trust the media
adjl 03/08/24 3:09:48 PM #32:	Sufferedphoenix posted... It used to not be. Not everything needs to be entertaining. It does when there are more interesting alternatives. Therein lies the root of sensationalism: Nobody's going to watch your version of the news (and, more saliently, sit through the commercials you need to fund it) if a more interesting version exists. If there were ever a time when news could get away with being boring (and there actually wasn't, you can find plenty of examples of opinions being stated in news reports from every era despite what some nostalgic people might tell you), it was solely because there weren't alternatives. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:979262205] in How much d... [t:80713434]...</cite> <quote>Sufferedphoenix posted... </cite><quote>It used to not be. Not everything needs to be entertaining.</quote>It does when there are more interesting alternatives.Therein lies the root of sensationalism: Nobody's going to watch your version of the news (and, more saliently, sit through the commercials you need to fund it) if a more interesting version exists. If there were ever a time when news could get away with being boring (and there actually wasn't, you can find plenty of examples of opinions being stated in news reports from every era despite what some nostalgic people might tell you), it was solely because there weren't alternatives. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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