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Jul 10, 2011, 02:34 PM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
Posts: 18,129
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Originally Posted by lmiDAKiml
You'll have to realize that news today is not the same as news was 50 years ago. News reporting today is for ratings. The news of today is an entertainment business and seeks first and foremost to give the people what they want to see rather than what they need to see.
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IMHO, ImiDAKiml nailed it. News today is about ratings, more than about what's newsworthy. Someone mentioned it in the Casey Anthony thread and it kind of got lost. Caylee was a cute little white girl from a middle class family. Had she been some child of color from the 'hood the media wouldn't have given it airtime. Before anyone jumps on me, I am horrified by what happened to Caylee, however she died she didn't deserve to be dumped in a filed and forgotten. But the reality is that there are thousands of kids in this country living in horrific conditions every day the media doesn't say a thing about it because it won't boost their ratings. It's a numbers game.
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