I know we usually cover TV shows in all their genres here at Snarkerati, but one area that we tend to overlook is the arena of TV news. This is odd given TV news is something all networks feature (in some form) and there are even entire networks dedicated to this particular TV genre, but is it a dying genre? This is a question a friend and I recently discussed when speaking about how the media and in particular television news seems to have gone from being a source of professional and scrupulous newsworthy information, to now being a politically biased, corporate led melting pot of deceit and at times misleading infotainment.
Whether you agree or not, TV news is changing and there are numerous reasons for this. The internet and immediacy of information being two of the main reasons, but also social change, policy, business strategies, ratings and trying to compete in the new world of “journalism”. What do you think of the news you now receive through some of the major TV news outlets? Have you spotted the political leanings, the “fluffed” up story telling to make things sound less factual and more terrifying, amazing or ‘insert headline grabbing adjective here’.
