I think it is valued, however I think a couple of things have made that type of reporting less attractive for one, while the ratings and demand may be high, the news outlets are OK getting less ratings but doing less work.
In depth investigative reporting costs money, and I'd bet many are worried about lawsuits and other negative backlashes, look at the documents Dan Rather reported on. It isn't just about ratings, there is a profit to ratings margin. What is the profit margin for a few more viewers when I have to do considerably more work. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2006 8:11 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: a fable for our times > > but see... in a commercially driven environment, if in-depth reporting was > valued it would get ratings and it would be offered. It is more than just > that evil media are over-simplifying. > > On 8/1/06, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > And people wonder why I feel the mass of humanity are sheep. You've just > > stated it. :) > > This whole thing is hitting home for me because of the media lynching > > against Israel. The media talks and the facts say otherwise, but no one > > cares as what the media say "must be the truth". > > Yes, the media are up on the top of my hate list. > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:212271 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
