06-27-2017, 08:07 PM
I think the real issue is that the reporters in that room are not the ones that are putting out things for ratings. Oftentimes the people just trying to push ratings are pundits that aren't really news people but rather entertainers. This conflation with news and entertainment on these 24-hour "news" networks does damage to the media like the ones in that room, like the ones on the streets, like the ones in the halls of Congress and state houses across this country. Corporate media exists because of certain regulations in our government and it just perpetuates this. We have monetized the news, and it is a bad thing.
We need to stop conflating entertainment and news, but we also need the people in government to stop punishing reporters for what people they are affiliated with do. An opinion piece in the NYT or WaPo should not result in repercussions for the reporters in the press pool. Acosta should not be treated poorly for the fact that CNN answers to corporate backers that need ratings to make their profit.
We need to stop conflating entertainment and news, but we also need the people in government to stop punishing reporters for what people they are affiliated with do. An opinion piece in the NYT or WaPo should not result in repercussions for the reporters in the press pool. Acosta should not be treated poorly for the fact that CNN answers to corporate backers that need ratings to make their profit.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
