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Originally Posted by JGibson
Why do they use a certain news outlet or any news outlet at all?
Do they get paid from this source to be on their airwaves?
It would be easy to say just don't listen to them but they do blast it all around the Squares.
Maybe they should just stick to music if you're going to have speakers up all over the place.
Same thing at the TV gyms, why is there huge TV'S with cable news on? It's a gym put sports or nature on stop inudating us with news. The TV'S are so big it's impossible to ignore.
As a kid the news came on at 6pm-7pm unless there was some emergency.
Even going out to eat all you hear is news conversations.
When did we as a society become so addicted to news?
I can't even watch golf without being blasted with repetive commercials for news organizations.
Give us a break with all this so called news.
Don't turn this into politics as it's not allowed, this is just about the sheer amount of news that is bestowed on us.
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I think that post is really 2 questions in one:
First, why are Americans addicted to the 24 hr news cycle????
I don't know, but IMHO it began with the Iran hostage crisis with daily updates after the 11 o'clock news that led to "Nightline". Add to that Ted Turner's CNN and all the sensational advertising for any little news item, and I think they reshaped the way in which we view the news.
Second, why does TV play the news that they play?
Again, I don't know, but I suspect it is simply a case of giving the people what they want.