Monday, March 12, 2007

News

Has the news always been about highlighting the stories that will attract the most viewers or the stories that are most important for the public to know? If it hasn't always been about the viewers, when did it change? Would Walter Cronkite cover Jon Benet Ramsey or Lacy Peterson, let alone Britney Spears and Anna Nicole Smith? If there was a change for stories of importance to stories of excitement, why was the change made? Or, has our interest in news changed from a need to know to a need to be entertained? I suppose we'd all rather be massaged than punched in the face.

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