A minor observation. It is not broadcast network TV but rather Cable TV that has played a major role in the issues you address in today's column
As a journalist, I’d attribute some of the decline in democratic values to the way politics is covered on commercial television. Network executives have clearly become convinced that keeping viewers interested — in order to build a profitable marketplace for advertisers, of course — requires stressing conflict, and couching even complex stories in terms of clear winners and losers.
A minor observation. It is not broadcast network TV but rather Cable TV that has played a major role in the issues you address in today's column
As a journalist, I’d attribute some of the decline in democratic values to the way politics is covered on commercial television. Network executives have clearly become convinced that keeping viewers interested — in order to build a profitable marketplace for advertisers, of course — requires stressing conflict, and couching even complex stories in terms of clear winners and losers.