I once heard a panel of newscasters talking, about 4 years ago. Somebody asked about why the difference in news casting between now and when Walter Cronkite etc. were the model.
The answer by a veteran who'd been in the business for decades said "During the Cronkite era, News division was not expected to make money for the network. Making money for the network was the job of the Entertainment Division."
So true. Today's 24-hour channels are there to make money, and since booze, porn, prostitution, drugs and every other Hollywood-glamorized vice make big money for their purveyors, "News" business peddles itself the very same way.....in the gutter.....where people live--I mean "exist"--in abject misery, sickness and addiction.
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