Subj : Re: First Racist Presiden
To   : Nick Andre
From : Dennis Katsonis
Date : Thu Aug 27 2020 11:03 am

-=> Nick Andre wrote to Aaron Thomas <=-

 NA> On 26 Aug 20  09:29, Aaron Thomas said the following to Nick Andre:

 AT> In related news: Last night I wanted to watch the RNC convention, and I
don
 AT> have cable. The only broadcast channel that offered to show it was PBS. So
 AT> tuned to PBS, and they showed bits and pieces of the convention with
 AT> anti-Trump commentary breaks every 2 minutes. There was really no way to
wa

 NA> Remember in the 80's and early 90's when CNN was actually somewhat
 NA> decent? No opinions, no nonsense. I heard that Ted Turner is even
 NA> pissed how his creation turned out today. And remember how the major
 NA> news channels used to thumb their noses at tabloid shows like Hard Copy
 NA> and Current Affair? PBS was actually not that bad? And even TLC
 NA> actually had some redeeming social enlightenment value before Here
 NA> Comes Honey Boo-boo?

 NA> I like to pinpoint the OJ trial as the first real noticable shift from
 NA> serious reporting to tabloid/gonzo journalism going mainstream and the
 NA> rise of opinion shows and "expert panels" and blahblahblah feedback
 NA> discussions.

 NA> Clinton's blowjob scandals were the icing on the cake... uhh, so to
 NA> speak.

 NA> Nick

I think you are right here.  People usually blame the Internet for the decline
in mainstream news, and the need to compete with blogs and such.  But I don't
buy this.  The reason is I don't think they are trying to be respectable and
decent.  For example, I read an article on news.com.au, which is a major
Australian online news site, about the RNC convention, and it was pure
editorialising.  The writer was blithely assuming that all the readers would
have the exact same reaction.  There are manufactured stories based on a few
tweets.  This is fake news, making a story out of nothing.  So many clickbait
or just false headlines.  Partisan positions, moralising and paternalistic
attitudes.

Now this always happened to a degree, but standards really slipped.  I do
remember when news was more objective.  Now, they clearly have a particular
"voice", which speaks for a very particular segment of society.  And these
changes were happening 20 years ago.

.... Dennis Katsonis
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