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 over 3 years ago
Yeah, during the depression the TV was….. kind of fuzzy.
Leojim over 3 years ago
They had a thing back then called news.
Zykoic over 3 years ago
Crisis amplifiers with distortion. But we do get lots of flavors.
wiatr over 3 years ago
Buzz is right about that.
littlejohn Premium Member over 3 years ago
It, the Great Depression, was so scary the News Reeled on the subject every day.
Harumph over 3 years ago
This strip nails it.
tripwire45 over 3 years ago
That’s true. Today’s news and social media overly dramatizes everything.
Lou over 3 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 over 3 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 over 3 years ago
Not as scary as the news media!!!!
rickmac1937 Premium Member over 3 years ago
That says it all
heathcliff2 over 3 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 over 3 years ago
Well, there were a lot of newspapers competing for readers. I imagine they used some hype.
Albert Sims Premium Member over 3 years ago
Haven’t watched any cable news since dumping cable TV a little over a decade ago.
DCBakerEsq over 3 years ago
Hysterical Ignorance makes everything more exciting.
raybarb44 over 3 years ago
Imaging them covering the Real flu pandemic of 1918….
prrdh over 3 years ago
Or as hate-filled.
Scoutmaster77 over 3 years ago
News is the rough draft of history. Don’t take it to seriously.
wlbr549 over 3 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 over 3 years ago
Sooooooooooooo True!