Yeah. It's been termed the "balkanization" of the media. At least 30 years ago when there were only the couple networks people were creating their differing opinions off of the same information.
Now the information is fragmented and polarized. I'm not sure how this can be rectified.
And yes. Some time in the last 15 to 20 years the news segment of the media stopped being seen as a public duty and necessary cost center to being instead a profit center. Worse, consolidation of the media companies means that there are far fewer foreign desk reporters now than there were even 10 years ago. Coverage suffers, and more organizations rely on the same few journalistic sources.
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Date: 2005-07-14 01:31 pm (UTC)Now the information is fragmented and polarized. I'm not sure how this can be rectified.
And yes. Some time in the last 15 to 20 years the news segment of the media stopped being seen as a public duty and necessary cost center to being instead a profit center. Worse, consolidation of the media companies means that there are far fewer foreign desk reporters now than there were even 10 years ago. Coverage suffers, and more organizations rely on the same few journalistic sources.