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News used to be a small part of a network's programming but a pretty big expense to the network in reporters, anchors etc. it was in the interest of keeping people informed, they made more money from I Love Lucy than they made from The Six O'clock News.
Now we have Media Companies where we get our "news" who's main purpose is to sell advertising time, not inform the public.
"Hey guys all we need is an endless stream of crises to keep people scared and always watching the tv and we'll all be rich!"
And it's been working.
Now we have most of the "news" media in the US owned by a small handful of companies who's upper management have also decided that they can shape public opinion through their outlets to fit their own political ideologies.
Dan Rather once said in an interview that what's happened to the "news" is the management of these media companies realized it was much cheaper to bring pundits in to a studio to explain a story (with the spin appropriate to the media outlet's leaning) than it was to send reporters out into the field to dig and question and actually investigate.
If someone would start a No Bullshit No Spin news outlet without commentary only a dry telling of the known facts I would watch that exclusively and to hell with the rest, as it is now you have to watch them all to try to ascertain where the truth actually lies, because if you watch only one you're getting more spin than news and may end up owning a Volt.
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