I think it's more than Trump. The press should stop reporting on low-level political noise (twitter controversies, unimportant "scandals", ...), and focus on actual politics: in-depth analyses,...
I think it's more than Trump. The press should stop reporting on low-level political noise (twitter controversies, unimportant "scandals", ...), and focus on actual politics: in-depth analyses, laws being passed, ...
Going back to Trump, I think this would largely solve the issue. Given that the man is very light on actual content, coverage would shrink to a minimum.
I hope CNN will lead the way and put out a press conference outlining why they are changing their coverage of Trump. That way they'll draw air time from other stations to cover their lack of...
I hope CNN will lead the way and put out a press conference outlining why they are changing their coverage of Trump. That way they'll draw air time from other stations to cover their lack of coverage of Trump.
Unfortunately, I worry that the American populace does not care, and that choosing to cover real issues will simply mean viewership will go down and they'll be forced to start covering the president again or fail as a media enterprise.
I completely agree with you. Trump is a great lesson for us and the press. I hope the lessons are learned, changes applied, and kept in place long after Trump is gone.
I completely agree with you. Trump is a great lesson for us and the press. I hope the lessons are learned, changes applied, and kept in place long after Trump is gone.
In an ideal world, sure. But that's not news normal people bother reading. If it were, these would be your top stories everywhere. That's the issue for the modern press: some things get clicks....
In an ideal world, sure.
But that's not news normal people bother reading. If it were, these would be your top stories everywhere.
That's the issue for the modern press: some things get clicks. Some things are important. Few things are both. What the press generally doesn't want to write about are things that do neither.
The question becomes: How do you get clicks on something important that on the face of things are boring?
Whoever solves that problem for even one field of politics will make a lot of money.
The other issue is emergent. If one outlet does something on a tweet, why would another outlet let that quick and easy traffic go? That's just letting your competitors win.
As some media outlets are clearly pro-Trump on anything he does or says, they'll always be making stuff on his tweets, just as Obama got a huge amount of press on his press releases, speeches and tweets.
A major part of what the president does is set the agenda by talking about stuff. Collectively the press is forced to cover it.
This is why I really enjoy "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". Airing only once a week they have the time to focus on important and complex issues that don't normally make headlines elsewhere. I...
This is why I really enjoy "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". Airing only once a week they have the time to focus on important and complex issues that don't normally make headlines elsewhere. I wish there was more 'long form' TV journalism (I know it's a comedy program, but comedy is some of the best journalism today) in the same form as Last Week Tonight.
I think one of the reasons that Last Week Tonight seems so good as a news source, despite being a comedy, is that it doesn't limit itself to news. A lot of the main focuses of the episodes are not...
I think one of the reasons that Last Week Tonight seems so good as a news source, despite being a comedy, is that it doesn't limit itself to news. A lot of the main focuses of the episodes are not connected to any recent development or only connected tangentially, especially in older episodes. Journalism has become practically synonymous with news. One of my favorite topics he covered was on stadiums and the deals they get from cities. It wasn't new, but I didn't know about it.
If you have Netflix, Hassan Minaj from the Daily Show recently debuted a show called The Patriot Act that follows the same format as John Oliver's show.
If you have Netflix, Hassan Minaj from the Daily Show recently debuted a show called The Patriot Act that follows the same format as John Oliver's show.
Honestly they should have started the boycott the minute 'alternative facts' got trotted out. They can still report on the White House by focusing on what they do instead of what they say. When...
Honestly they should have started the boycott the minute 'alternative facts' got trotted out. They can still report on the White House by focusing on what they do instead of what they say. When you can't trust the veracity of a person or institution, looking at what they do is a much more useful way to discover their intentions anyway. This is not a time for political cowardice.
I think it's more than Trump. The press should stop reporting on low-level political noise (twitter controversies, unimportant "scandals", ...), and focus on actual politics: in-depth analyses, laws being passed, ...
Going back to Trump, I think this would largely solve the issue. Given that the man is very light on actual content, coverage would shrink to a minimum.
I hope CNN will lead the way and put out a press conference outlining why they are changing their coverage of Trump. That way they'll draw air time from other stations to cover their lack of coverage of Trump.
Unfortunately, I worry that the American populace does not care, and that choosing to cover real issues will simply mean viewership will go down and they'll be forced to start covering the president again or fail as a media enterprise.
I completely agree with you. Trump is a great lesson for us and the press. I hope the lessons are learned, changes applied, and kept in place long after Trump is gone.
In an ideal world, sure.
But that's not news normal people bother reading. If it were, these would be your top stories everywhere.
That's the issue for the modern press: some things get clicks. Some things are important. Few things are both. What the press generally doesn't want to write about are things that do neither.
The question becomes: How do you get clicks on something important that on the face of things are boring?
Whoever solves that problem for even one field of politics will make a lot of money.
The other issue is emergent. If one outlet does something on a tweet, why would another outlet let that quick and easy traffic go? That's just letting your competitors win.
As some media outlets are clearly pro-Trump on anything he does or says, they'll always be making stuff on his tweets, just as Obama got a huge amount of press on his press releases, speeches and tweets.
A major part of what the president does is set the agenda by talking about stuff. Collectively the press is forced to cover it.
This is why I really enjoy "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". Airing only once a week they have the time to focus on important and complex issues that don't normally make headlines elsewhere. I wish there was more 'long form' TV journalism (I know it's a comedy program, but comedy is some of the best journalism today) in the same form as Last Week Tonight.
I think one of the reasons that Last Week Tonight seems so good as a news source, despite being a comedy, is that it doesn't limit itself to news. A lot of the main focuses of the episodes are not connected to any recent development or only connected tangentially, especially in older episodes. Journalism has become practically synonymous with news. One of my favorite topics he covered was on stadiums and the deals they get from cities. It wasn't new, but I didn't know about it.
If you have Netflix, Hassan Minaj from the Daily Show recently debuted a show called The Patriot Act that follows the same format as John Oliver's show.
Honestly they should have started the boycott the minute 'alternative facts' got trotted out. They can still report on the White House by focusing on what they do instead of what they say. When you can't trust the veracity of a person or institution, looking at what they do is a much more useful way to discover their intentions anyway. This is not a time for political cowardice.
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