> If the networks have not increased spending > on newsgathering resources over the next few years, > then it will be hard to argue that market forces have > resulted in more serious television news coverage; > but if they are spending 3 more minutes per night on > serious national coverage from their NY anchor desks > (I pulled that out of my butt, I have no idea if anything > like that is happening) then I would call that a good down payment.
So far, they're essentially the same newscasts with lots of weather and medical reports and human interest. The big difference is that they're willing to question the factuality of White House accounts instead of just reporting those accounts and then quoting an opponent who disagrees. Apparently, the media took some of the criticism of their campaign coverage to heart. We have yet to see any evidence that the networks are devoting more resources to news. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
