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Soma Tastes Like Chicken
23 Jan
Couldn’t have said it better myself:
What should US cable news be doing, other than leading the hour with live updates from Britney Spears’ custody hearing? Put another way, what does US cable news do better that it should be doing instead? The answer, my answer, is nothing. It’s perfectly tuned by the lords of the manor to service the land of genetically modified bread and circuses. What has it ever demonstrated to justify a higher expectation?But the failed expectations are not the media’s alone. Most responsibility rests with the broken subjects of America’s broken media. Does Clinton versus Obama really merit more attention and sober analysis than Spears versus Federline? I don’t see why it should. One pair speak of “change,” and the other of mood swings, but it’s the same, leveled spectacle.
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