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Comments on: Newsrooms infected by “complacency and condescension” http://www.novascotiascott.com/2008/11/18/newsrooms-infected-by-complacency-and-condescension/ Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:35:19 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Matthew Hamilton http://www.novascotiascott.com/2008/11/18/newsrooms-infected-by-complacency-and-condescension/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Matthew Hamilton Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:23:17 +0000 http://www.novascotiascott.com/?p=1355#comment-404 Although I can't stand the liberal bias of the media, they are probably correct that the majority of the public is stupid. Comparing media from before about the early 1960s with media from today shows the stories today are mostly irrelevant and presented in a shallow manner. This doesn't just apply to liberal media, but also conservative media - for example, Murdoch's own Fox News channel. On that channel there is too much emphasis on making the programs fast paced so there is not the opportunity to explore the issues in depth. (Note: I'm not biased against Fox News, I watch many programs such as O'Reilly and Huckabee as the alternatives in the liberal broadcast media are much worse). If the public wasn't stupid then the public would expect the quality of media to improve, and shows such as O'Reilly, rather than being one of the best quality news commentary shows would be run-of-the-mill Although I can’t stand the liberal bias of the media, they are probably correct that the majority of the public is stupid. Comparing media from before about the early 1960s with media from today shows the stories today are mostly irrelevant and presented in a shallow manner.

This doesn’t just apply to liberal media, but also conservative media – for example, Murdoch’s own Fox News channel. On that channel there is too much emphasis on making the programs fast paced so there is not the opportunity to explore the issues in depth. (Note: I’m not biased against Fox News, I watch many programs such as O’Reilly and Huckabee as the alternatives in the liberal broadcast media are much worse).

If the public wasn’t stupid then the public would expect the quality of media to improve, and shows such as O’Reilly, rather than being one of the best quality news commentary shows would be run-of-the-mill

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