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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
I think the ratings support them. I think the people that get the J-Lo and Ben interview get the ratings boosts. I also think the networks know they do not have to take any risk by branching out into something new. They can recognize and follow trends almost immediately these days  Finally, I do think the main media does report the headline political news. I know they are lambasted for not reporting what many think is relevant in situations like the Iraq War, but they do report on the war and most of the stuff happening there. I mean no one buried the prosoner abuse story, etc. That all saw the light of day - granted not enough for some people and I am not about to get in that argument again  So, I think the media presents things like J'Lo, etc. because the majority of the people want to see it and I think the presentation of this does not significantly get in the way of presenting the major political, etc. news. I also think the advent of the 24hr. news channels gave them FAR more time to fill - but Liz and Ruchard certainly made headlines in the 60's WAY before the dawm of cable news networks
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That reminds me.
I was watching TV Land's "100 Greatest Television Moments" while I was wrapping presents over the weekend and Leslie Stahl cracked my ass up (and I
love Leslie Stahl). One of the moments was the "wardrobe malfunction" and she said "That's all the news talked about for days, for weeks. Nevermind that there's a war in Iraq that needs coverage." She said in such a deadpan, dry way that it reminded me of Bea Arthur.
