If you don't read the newspaper, you are uninformed.
If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.
Talk to anyone who interned with a newspaper or TV station. The operative philosophy is to entertain. Just look at the so called "morning news" - sure, a few markets still have their own local news shows in that slot, but even then, they're still geared towards entertainment. I, frankly, find it DISGUSTING that the two most honest news programs in the entire TV lineup are on COMEDY CENTRAL. Sure, they take a fun, light approach to the news, especially politics, but there's more honest-to-god information conveyed in 5 minutes of those two shows than in all of Sunday morning's talking head shows COMBINED.
If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.
Talk to anyone who interned with a newspaper or TV station. The operative philosophy is to entertain. Just look at the so called "morning news" - sure, a few markets still have their own local news shows in that slot, but even then, they're still geared towards entertainment. I, frankly, find it DISGUSTING that the two most honest news programs in the entire TV lineup are on COMEDY CENTRAL. Sure, they take a fun, light approach to the news, especially politics, but there's more honest-to-god information conveyed in 5 minutes of those two shows than in all of Sunday morning's talking head shows COMBINED.