Amen. You could watch tv right to the bit showing a destroyer crashing through heavy waves while a song with the name I wish I could remember. Then along came 24/7 cable news. Since there is a finite amount of “new” stuff in a given day and tv only survives when there are eyes on screen, they had to come up with new insane ways of getting us to watch.
All breaking news, all the time! And we must have something every day requiring the Situation Room! (Though if I had to choose, I’d still pick Ted Turner over Rupert/Lachlan Murdoch!)
Pearl Harbor was announced over radio less than five minutes after someone realized what was happening. The same was true with economic downturns. Now anyone can see a president flinch while being attacked and simultaneously watch an American city burn while firefighters are kept at bay by mayors, governors and other anarchists.
Network news started declining when networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.) started merging their news divisions with their entertainment divisions. Instead of news being reported factually, it became sensationalized (i.e., more entertaining).
dadthedawg Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Yeah, during the depression the TV was….. kind of fuzzy.
Leojim almost 4 years ago
They had a thing back then called news.
Zykoic almost 4 years ago
Crisis amplifiers with distortion. But we do get lots of flavors.
wiatr almost 4 years ago
Buzz is right about that.
littlejohn Premium Member almost 4 years ago
It, the Great Depression, was so scary the News Reeled on the subject every day.
Harumph almost 4 years ago
This strip nails it.
tripwire45 almost 4 years ago
That’s true. Today’s news and social media overly dramatizes everything.
Lou almost 4 years ago
Amen. You could watch tv right to the bit showing a destroyer crashing through heavy waves while a song with the name I wish I could remember. Then along came 24/7 cable news. Since there is a finite amount of “new” stuff in a given day and tv only survives when there are eyes on screen, they had to come up with new insane ways of getting us to watch.
Bobbers Premium Member almost 4 years ago
All breaking news, all the time! And we must have something every day requiring the Situation Room! (Though if I had to choose, I’d still pick Ted Turner over Rupert/Lachlan Murdoch!)
JudyHendrickson almost 4 years ago
Not as scary as the news media!!!!
rickmac1937 Premium Member almost 4 years ago
That says it all
heathcliff2 almost 4 years ago
Pearl Harbor was announced over radio less than five minutes after someone realized what was happening. The same was true with economic downturns. Now anyone can see a president flinch while being attacked and simultaneously watch an American city burn while firefighters are kept at bay by mayors, governors and other anarchists.
e.groves almost 4 years ago
Well, there were a lot of newspapers competing for readers. I imagine they used some hype.
Albert Sims Premium Member almost 4 years ago
Haven’t watched any cable news since dumping cable TV a little over a decade ago.
DCBakerEsq almost 4 years ago
Hysterical Ignorance makes everything more exciting.
raybarb44 almost 4 years ago
Imaging them covering the Real flu pandemic of 1918….
prrdh almost 4 years ago
Or as hate-filled.
Scoutmaster77 almost 4 years ago
News is the rough draft of history. Don’t take it to seriously.
wlbr549 almost 4 years ago
Network news started declining when networks (CBS, ABC, NBC, etc.) started merging their news divisions with their entertainment divisions. Instead of news being reported factually, it became sensationalized (i.e., more entertaining).
Stat_man99 almost 4 years ago
Sooooooooooooo True!