Monday, May 30, 2005
CNN Changed News - For Better and Worse
Source: Taipei Times For people who are old enough, it's confirmed by a simple glance back to how news was delivered before the maverick media mogul Ted Turner took the biggest gamble of his career to launch the all-news network.
People used to read their newspapers in the morning, and then usually forgot about the news till the evening, when oracle-like anchors told them what was happening in the world.
CNN smashed that model to smithereens, offering viewers news as it happened -- a key attribute in our get-it-now society, where events are often born, hyped and forgotten before the old-time news anchors have even put on their make-up.
"CNN heralded a new era in TV journalism," says media professor Bob Thompson of Syracuse University.Now the news never stops, even though some of it can hardly be called news. Thanks to an incessant ratings war between CNN and its competitors, the items that often fill the airwaves have more in common with a voyeuristic reality television channel than a serious news organization. MORE
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