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OldBaldy1701E

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29. They don't, really.

Reply to SickOfTheOnePct (Reply #11)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 07:20 AM

Sep 26

They started doing it for real in the early eighties.

Suddenly, they went from 'How do we report the news for the people' to 'how do we get ratings to stay on the air?'.

As I said above... it is one of the main reasons that our news went 'Hollywood' in the eighties. Having to compete with reruns of Star Trek and Dr. Who is tough for a program whose most exciting moments come from showing a reporter asking a question.

Also, remember that, until the late nineties, having footage of actual events was very rare. They had to do something else to be 'exciting'.

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Yes Senator Murphy! Yes! A thousand times this!!! [View all] Takket Sep 25 OP

Who was it who signed the Telecommunications Act? gab13by13 Sep 25 #1

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Billy boy John Coktosten Sep 25 #4

Bravo, but this begs a very important question for Senator Murphy: Fiendish Thingy Sep 25 #2

monopolies tfury653 Sep 25 #5

and the result was..... lastlib Sep 25 #13

You can start by returning to exempting the news programs from having to survive by ratings. OldBaldy1701E Sep 25 #6

Excellent point. calimary Sep 25 #7

I don't know it ever worked that way. When did that change? Takket Sep 25 #9

The late seventies to early eighties. OldBaldy1701E Sep 26 #28

When have news shows ever relied on ratings to survive? SickOfTheOnePct Sep 25 #11

Well, first we have to find a defiinition of "news shows" progressoid Sep 25 #17

Ah got it, thanks SickOfTheOnePct Sep 25 #19

They rely on advertising to survive Captain Zero Sep 26 #26

They don't, really. OldBaldy1701E Sep 26 #29

Sure, a "public service" managed by that great "public servant".... reACTIONary Sep 25 #15

Yup. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sep 26 #30

Will never kacekwl Sep 25 #8

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break up maliaSmith Sep 25 #12

It is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else. Theodore Roosevelt Ping Tung Sep 25 #14

I doubt many MAGAs even know who he is. progressoid Sep 25 #18

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THIS!!! calimary Sep 25 #24

AND BIG ,MEDIA WILL DESTROY DEMS JUST AS THEY DID DEAN. pansypoo53219 Sep 25 #20

I think Chris Murphy is one of the best communicators the Dem party has. yellow dahlia Sep 25 #21

The breakup of the original "Ma Bell", American Telephone & Telegraph, into the Baby Bells dobleremolque Sep 25 #22

Laughable Captain Obvious .... Too little way too late. I remember the race for media outlets live love laugh Sep 25 #23

Only problem is Diraven Sep 26 #25

The Telecommunications Act killed progressive/liberal/non-conservative radio. no_hypocrisy Sep 26 #27