Saturday, April 07, 2007

Jack Shafer defends the indefensible

In Defense of the Anna Nicole Feeding Frenzy
i don't deny that there are newsworthy elements to the whole saga. But that is not what cable is doing. They are stretching out the small amount of news to fill hours of primetime. It is cheap filler that completely distorts what is happening in the world. ANS is hardly the most important story in the world, yet that is what cable covers.

See also:
Cable news, vox populi, and professional sleaze

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