Not going to play the medias "Apprentice, Survivor, Golden Bachelor, or Entertainment Tonight" game
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Maybe if CNN and MSNBC, or some new programming actually commits itself to news, I might give it a look, but until then, I am taking a hard-pass.
I refuse to participate in the "who's getting the rose" shit show cable news has become. Faux News will provide all the 24/7/365 "cliffhanger, will he, or won't he" garbage the MAGAts crave. Won't watch that either, but CNN and MSNBC doing their Faux imitation, is like going to the Purple Lloyd Pink Floyd tribute band concert, instead of an actual Pink Floyd concert. They both play from the same sheet music, but it's just not the same.
I have better things to do with my time than watch "journalists interview other journalists" 24/7. It really is the "news" equivalent of mutual masturbation.
There is an opportunity for something new. 73+ million votes have demonstrated that. Maybe a return to real, hard-hitting investigative journalism is possible, but of course, only if it's profitable.
Make it "Reality TV".
Devote a couple of hours a day to follow the last days of a pregnant wife and mother as she navigates red-state reproductive healthcare. Imagine the drama as doctors and lawyers mitigate her fate. Keep the cameras rolling as she bleeds out in front of her husband and kids.
Maybe an Immigrant Farm Worker "Survivor" blockbuster could fill a couple more hours. Highlight that Farm to Table journey through the 100+ degree Central Valley farm to our Thanksgiving table. Might be a bit more informative than just video, after video of unwashed hordes storming through a fence. Imagine the advertising you could sell. You could follow a young Honduran girl as she journeys from potential rape victim in her home village, to roofing contractor working in an American suburb.
If you're looking for "economic programming", maybe an in-depth examination of how inflation works. Make it like "The Price is Right".
"Hey Marsha! Come on down! You're the next contestant on "Why Do Eggs Cost This Much"?
Be sure to examine how EVERY FUCKING SINGLE CENT OF RECENT INFLATION WAS DUE TO THE INCOMPETENT HANDLING OF A CRUSHING PANDEMIC BY DONNIE DIPSHIT.
We wouldn't want people to forget that unemployment was 20% and 10,000 Americans a week were dying when Donnie Dipshit left office, unless we really wanted to make sure they forget
So...just to recap...fuck all the cable "news" punditry...I am not playing your stupid FUCKING games.
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Most people endure the commercials since they don't want to turn off the news. That's how the news shows pay their bills, by loading up on the Big Pharma ads.
For me (I live in western Pennsylvania) we've just been inundated with the most barf-able, annoying political attack ads that I've ever seen in any election cycle. This is something that I blame both sides for, and normally I don't engage in both-sider-ism. I'm so glad this is finally over!
It was non-stop. And many were candidates attacking each other back-to-back. Some were reasonable, many were absolutely outlandish. Yes it's insufferable, and this is why every candidate has to raise $100 million?
They're not RENTING space in your brain for free, they're OWNING it.
