On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 3:01 AM, JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is no shame in this - in the > > mythical glory years of network > > television news, neither CBS nor NBC > > programmed 24 hours of hard news. > > Bad analogy - news was (almost) always a small part of the NBC and CBS > schedules. In the glory days, the networks had a lot of bureaus around > the world, and a sense that news was a public service, not just > another half-hour to sell spots. (SNIP) >
I don't think so. My point is not that CNN should program the same percentage of news on their schedule as Walter Cronkite did, just that there is nothing inherently inconsistent with a quality news operation that shares time with entertainment content. The bigger point is that CNN already programs significant entertainment content; the real shame is that this entertainment content goes out under the label of the news division. Things would be better all around if the infotainment CNN currently shovels out gets labeled for what it actually is. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
