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Originally Posted by FleshJosh
What has become of our National "NEWS" stations? .
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Compared to when? A decade ago we had to endure 24 hour coverage of the OJ Trial for weeks on end.
I've NEVER really considered television to be a good news and analysis source. Even the better news programming like the BBC is just basic news stories with light analysis. Broadcast news does have some pretty good interviews with politicians. Decidedly short on interviews with historians, political theorists and think-tankers.
News and blog aggregators combined with (history) books is a pretty good way to monitor the news and understand the context. Before the WWW, newspapers and magazines combined with an education in history was a good way to go.