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Oh I could rant on this one . . .
but it boils down to two things:
$$
and
people being lazy
Money drives companies (unless you're not-for-profit), a company has to, at very least, break even (and even then it will fail eventually), else the company will fold.
People are lazy (or too distracted by other things) to really care about what is important any more. Tag lines, hooks, blurbs, and slogans have replaced good news stories. I can't entirely blame that on the media though . . . people won't watch good in depth reporting (nor read it much anymore), and if the news "company" wants to stay in business . . . then they better report what the people will watch.
Look at the Lacy Peterson nonsence (or Chandra Levey two years ago), is it sad? sure; does it deserve updated coverage on the hour . . . every hour? no. Yet, that's what people want to see . . . it's what neilson says they will not turn the channel for . . . kinda like slowing down to see a particularly greusome accident . . . most people want to see the suffering of others (and shit that goes boom), not real news . . .
ok . . . /pseudo rant
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