Paul Jay — What Do We Mean By "Real" News?

Very short. 

Someone should tell economists that there is a real world.

Over the past several decades, news has morphed into infotainment if not outright entertainment in the quests for more eyeballs, since advertisers pay based on the number of viewers and the categories into which they fall.

Most large news organizations maintained news departments that were not only domestic but also international. Very expensive. And it didn't seem tomato that much difference with respect to eyeballs. 

So news departments were cut back and now news consists largely of news people reading off teleprompters scripts that were often prepared by agents with an interest in the angle of spin of the presentation. The objective is more persuasion than information.

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What Do We Mean By "Real" News?

Paul Jay