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This is a fascinating article. It offers an explanation for the growing loss of influence of the MSM. It stems from two firm beliefs seemingly held by Tom Rosenstiel and his over-schooled journalist ilk. These are (1) capitalist greed is the enemy of quality and (2) folks who are not journalists are too childish and dumb to take care of themselves without the help of journalists advising politicians. These beliefs are both nutty and wrong. Aside from being at odds with precepts on which our Country was founded, they are belied by the events of our daily lives; i.e, the daily lives of the very audience that the dying MSM have alienated and must regain to survive. The explanation is as nutty and wrong as its assumptions, but because it squares with the false assumptions it is comforting. Of course, it also postpones a realistic look at why the MSM are blissfully flushing themselves with the Johns.
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CBS took the time to "double-check" the Bush story? I've seen network news - it has the feel of DNC legwork.
The Washington Post drank the KoolAide with this stupid, lacking any glimmer of insight, puff piece.
What is lost in the cable obsession with "live" is the chance to double-check, to rewrite, to edit -- and often to even report. What is lost with the passing of network TV, in other words, is the journalism of verification. It is gradually yielding place to a journalism of assertion.
Rackk Fox news on their smackdown of network news
It known fact in SO CAL area that all networks news get 1 rating