Media outlets that value the act of journalism, are open to innovation, and perfect their schtick in the name of engagement, will come out on top no matter the platform.
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A lot of back and forth is going on these days over American cable TV’s obsession with the George Zimmerman trial, accused of killing an unarmed teenager under the color of self-defense.
Critics complain that the murder trial simply does not warrant almost completely eclipsing coverage of “the Cairo uprising, President Barack Obama’s climate speech, the slaughter in Syria, voters’ rights, the NSA outrages, Wall Street, congressional hearings, and other examples of ‘meaningful’ and ‘important’ news.“
Critics of the the critics say those disgruntled folks are just trying to impose their values about what the public should be required to pay attention to.
The nutgraph of this article is near the end (see above) and boils down to: cable TV news is self-destructing so it won’t really matter in the long run.”
