In this era of internet, issue-driven talk radio and 24/7 cable news networks, is there any particular reason why broadcast television is still insisting upon pissing money away on a news department? I mean, it's not like they are bringing anything innovative to the table. They are just regurgitating "news" that has already been widely reported and disseminated elsewhere. If I owned or operated one of these dying broadcast networks, I'd scrap the news departments entirely and show re-runs of TV shows. At least I'd turn a profit during those time slots that I could use to give myself a bigger golden parachute for when the whole broadcast model collapses around me.
I can't imagine who gets their news from the "broadcast networks" anymore except for shut-ins who can't afford computers and cable TV and the elderly who just don't know any better.
I haven't watched a traditonal "networks news" broadcast since Reagan was in the White House and MTV was still playing music videos.
I can't imagine who gets their news from the "broadcast networks" anymore except for shut-ins who can't afford computers and cable TV and the elderly who just don't know any better. The average age of the broadcast news viewer is just over sixty. The average CBS Evening News viewer is even a little older.
One wonders how well "perky" will play with this crowd...