Comments on: Breaking News = Broken News

By: Kevin Carson

Kevin Carson — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:21:36 +0000

I still think Gary Condit was funding Al Qaeda’s 9-11 operation.

By: Argentina and Beyond | Austro-Athenian Empire

Argentina and Beyond | Austro-Athenian Empire — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:20:13 +0000

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By: MBH

MBH — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:46:58 +0000

Similar to how John Ensign’s affair was made public a day after the protesting started in Iran.

By: Roderick

Roderick — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 22:48:36 +0000

Will the Michael Jackson news frenzy last long enough to blot out the news of further extramarital affairs of Mark Sanford becoming public? I mean, you know, if there should happen to be two or three others, and if they should happen to become public over the next week or so…

By: Briggs Armstrong

Briggs Armstrong — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:13:15 +0000

I know this is strange but… I often wonder what people would think if they could see what other peoples’ rxn is to their death. Jackson at one point (immediately post alleged pederasty scandal) had an only 5% positive rating from the public. Now there are thousands of people mourning his passing and going to great lengths to “pay their respects.” It seems unfortunate that he was unable to see this.

If only people could live long enough to see their deaths.

By: b-psycho

b-psycho — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:23:15 +0000

I knew the coverage had officially gone overboard when MSNBC had Ed Schultz talking about it instead of, y’know, what MSNBC hired him to talk about.

Cable news is generally background noise for me, w/ the occasional ridiculous talking head comment becoming possible blog fodder if I catch it. But the past few days I couldn’t have it on because they just would not shut the fuck up about Michael.

By: JMangum

JMangum — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 05:18:53 +0000

The only time I ever watched network news was at my last job where the lunch room TV was set to one of the networks. I’d be in and out of there a dozen times during the day and the “Breaking News” header was always up, no matter what story, or how old.

By: Robert Paul

Robert Paul — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:57:44 +0000

I agree that it’s better than many major media outlets, but they all have essentially the same bias. I do think that in a freed market, nonprofit news organizations would quite possibly be better than for-profit ones.

By: Robert Paul

Robert Paul — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:52:56 +0000

I’m actually ok with it, because TV news sucks anyway. Michael Jackson’s death is a big deal, so it could be worse.

By: Neverfox

Neverfox — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:51:07 +0000

And it was also entirely too predictable. The minute I heard the news, I knew that the Iran story or any other story of death related to (say) actual aggression and tyranny was toast and that the evening’s news would play out exactly as you describe here. Arg!