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I think that TV 'news' has become more about 'drama' +/or pitting 'experts' against each other than real news. U think?

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Asked By: Southpaugh 18-21  11 months ago

I used to trust Walter Cronkite and later Tom Jennings, but most of the rest of them and their programs....

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    daddy4adaughter - 36-40 years old

    Posted by daddy4adaughter Jun 4th, 2012 at 9:06AM

    I think you are right....it has turned into scripted entertainment.
    Rather then informing people of events and situations.
    It has become a way to manipulate peoples thoughts and feelings.

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  1. Southpaugh - 18-21 years old

    Reply by Southpaugh Jun 4th, 2012 at 9:12AM

    You got it--manipulate people's thoughts and actions. I remember beginning to listen to the BBC when I was about 20. I noticed right away that they just gave you the NEWS, nothing more. Does anyone do that now?

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  2. daddy4adaughter - 36-40 years old

    Reply by daddy4adaughter Jun 4th, 2012 at 9:16AM

    The way i found was to opt out of mass media. There are some good sources out there....but watch out...if they are good...they tend to get brought out by the big names.

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5 Answers to "I think that TV 'news' has become more about 'drama' +/or pitting 'experts' against each other than real news. U think?"

  1. heavyduty1 - 66-70 years old - male

    Posted by heavyduty1 Jun 4th, 2012 at 9:24AM

    Now that Viacom and a few others control most of the world media, informative and thought-provoking reports are infrequently on offer. The intent of their various venues, apparently, is to shock and awe; to merely titillate…and of course, to advertise.

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  2. maple10 - 66-70 years old - male

    Posted by maple10 Jun 4th, 2012 at 11:19AM

    Don't you just "love" the way they get 4 liberal experts to beat-up on one conservative them claim that they aren't biased and have balanced news.

    Most of us were borne during the day but it wasn't yesterday.

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  3. freeandeasyo - 61-65 years old - male

    Posted by freeandeasyo Jun 4th, 2012 at 11:06AM

    I'd like to say that news has simply become another form of 'entertainment', but truthfully, when I go to a news channel like CNN, I mute the volume and just read the news banner at the bottom of the screen.
    Someone said in anither post that the news is delivered to us to influence and sway our thinking and understanding of what's going on, and I agree with that.
    I also suspect that the news programmers believe that we (the public0 don't know how to think anymore, so it's their job to do the thinking for us. Why else all the pundits, and the 'talk-show' character of today's news casts.
    I love the way that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert skewer the news media.

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  4. ScotsSphynx - 18-21 years old - male

    Posted by ScotsSphynx Jun 4th, 2012 at 8:35AM

    the news is lies, dont watch it, notice how theres never good news, just bad news, which is all lies, its a tool to keep you in fear

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