April 18, 2008
Media Is A Consumer Market
Had ABC introduced its debate with this trailer no one would be upset because it would be a more accurate representation of the debate's actual objective.
While I think there has been an overwhelming sense of viewers being victimized by this debate, keep in mind that the news is only producing what they know will sell. If we don't buy it and demand better journalism from our news outlets by becoming contentious media consumers, they will follow the market.
According to the Huffington Post, ABC received increased ratings and decreased approval of their content... simultaneously. These things should never co-exist. We are enablers of our own disappointment with the media if we do not change what we watch (although, I am not sure anyone could have predicted it would have been this bad).
In the mean time, we can just watch this video and laugh.
(Thievery reference: Andrew Sullivan - Video)
Note: From now on, if I thieve something from another site and do not mention it in my comments it will be noted with a "thievery reference" and a link to the original source.
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Definitely good to source, but I noticed that what Andrew does a lot is just have the link of whatever he's talking about go that specific entry from the blog that he found it on so when people click they get both the story and that blog gets the click they need for having done that work.
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