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And in recent months, why are there so few reporters covering the war now? Are budgetary excuses—and blaming readers for not being much interested anymore—really valid? Do readers take their cues from the (increasingly disinterested) media?
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Stateside media is all abuzz with our fast-paced, issue-driven, emotionally-compelling, politically-gripping, TWO-YEAR popularity contest for president...the one in which everyone pays lip service to ending a war just as soon as we can get some money back in everyone's pockets. First things first.
Budgetary excuses? I cannot say I have noticed any scrimping and saving among telejournalists, nor have I read about an erosion of network profits. But their tax rebate checks are in the mail...that oughtta help.
Readers? That's so last millennium...we've got VIEWERS. The journalists are now readers, of prepared texts. And the answer is yes, viewers DO take their cues from frivolous jokester information celebrities who read the "news."
It's like a computer game...not Grand Theft Auto, but Grand Theft America.