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...hour news networks, it was this Summer of Chandra. Sadly, it has become clear these networks have had to manufacture news in order to produce enough content for the entire day. This becomes especially clear when the networks even invent news about themselves. Once this summer, for example, CNN ended their coverage of a major bombing in Israel to present a special half-hour broadcast boasting how the network was the first to learn of President George W. Bush’s stem cell decision. Even worse, CNN’s information was incorrect—and a mistake that...
...worst offender has been Larry King, a man who, like CNN, was once a respected role model in his business. The Chandra Levy case is quickly becoming to Larry King what O.J. was—and still is—to Geraldo Rivera. Just last year, Larry King would have been excited to interview President Clinton. Come September, however, he is satisfied, even gleeful, to interview Gary Condit’s son. And this is a full four months after Chandra disappeared. When he is not landing these “major” interviews, King makes do with...
...show about the presidency. It took me a while to figure out why an actor was being questioned about the responsibilities of the president until I realized that Whitford plays a White House staffer on a television show about the presidency. Apparently, fiction and reality have now merged for CNN...
When I watch CNN now, I am reminded of a phrase from a famous commercial that was used by Walter Mondale to stunning effect against Gary Hart in 1984: “Where’s the beef?” Without question, CNN has gone soft on what used to be hard news...
...mean to imply that CNN is the only network that has gone down this road recently. Many networks have begun sacrificing news for ratings. Even Dan Rather’s sanctimonious refusals to cover the Chandra Levy case seemed intended to generate news rather than monitor it. Even more convincing is a recent experiment proving that when networks present news in non-sensational formats, the results are conclusively lower ratings...