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Originally Posted by Crowl
If you want to complain about any dereliction of duty when it comes to reasoned debate then its the network news and the cable news networks that should be the target of your ire since it's supposed to be their job to report the news rather than dwelling on such trivia as golfers in car crashes or children in balloons.
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How do you know that I don't "target my ire" at the news channels too? I do it all the time, as a former BBC journalist. But neither do I believe myself to be qualified to lecture grown-up people about what they should want to see on the news. If they want their car crashes and balloons, let them have the crashes and the balloons. So long as there's a place to get some serious news too, I don't mind. However, it isn't right to pass on someone's ill-informed opinions on matters of serious public interest without challenging them, by way of entertainment. The guy should have been told to stick to his bloody book. The media have a duty not just to entertain but also to inform.