On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 11:47 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: > I think there's a small amount of apples and oranges going on here. Part of > the shrug factor about Hawking's remarks is that it's not the first time > he's made them. Now if Charles and Camilla's wedding had the same level of > vicarious fantasizing of his first marriage, or of the recent spectacle, > then I think the comparison makes more sense. > > That said, the notion of having a measured debate in a 30 minute news > program, whether or not religion was involved, seems really silly. Even the > semi-annual Stewart-O'Reilly exchanges (on either of their shows) can't be > taken seriously.
The problem is that news programmers like controversy. Period. So they feel their job is to show that there is a controversy, show the sides, and walk away. It doesn't matter what the controversy is about, what the stakes are, or how credible the spokespeople for the sides are. Just announce that there is a controversy and move on to the next story. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
