Ditto that.
Of course, FNC has no obligation to broadcast what I think is important. But if they never broadcast what I think is important ... and they always broadcast what I think is UNimportant, then I watch less and less.
And you are right as well, the sad thing is that when CNN's coverage makes FOX's look like a high school news cast i worry why it is that FOX is number one in cable news. What does that say about the sad state of cable news?
You are close. The real question is what does it say about the state of cable VIEWERS. If you look at Fox's ratings, the best shows have the lowest ratings. They still beat CNN, but the stuff that really gets ratings is tabloid. If you ask me, it's OK. When you are a super genius, as I am, you have to accept that most of the world is calibrated for a lower order of human. Better that Fox gets them than CNN.
I am kidding about the supergenius thing, of course, but only to make the point by way of exaggeration. It ain't Buckley's Firing Line that gets ratings, or Uncommon Knowledge ( http://www.uncommonknowledge.org )even if they are fascinating programs. It's tabloid journalism that sells.