what’s that German sounding word, Schaudenfraude? (sp??)
It’s hard to feel sorry for hard times in the news business, when what’s happening in part is their losing a monopoly on how news is reported, and what news is reported.
And, they are finding that when there are alternatives, that critical masses of people will NOT turn to the MSM for news and information. Instead they will turn to alternative media.
Remember when President Johnson allegedly said, “If I’ve lost Walter Cronkite, I’ve lost middle America”, after Cronkite came out against the Vietnam War. I wonder if that would happen today, if any prominent newsman could frame the debate and set the agenda, and selectively report news today, as the MSM did in the days of Vietnam.