I am getting fed up with the quality of news and the subsequent analysis I get on TV. One of the things I expect when I watch TV is for the interviewers to ask insightful questions and to have mastered enough logic to call “experts” when they make illogical statements. Experts should be smarter than me and know enough to add insight to what I already know.
Personally, the bias in American news services towards events in the US (US centric view) is something that I have noticed since I started living in the states, however there is nothing intrinsically wrong with this as long as this is stated and acknowledged. What galls me is when the same media criticized the public for not having a world view. For example this is one (not all) of the criticism of the media for Sarah Palin.
Take late night comedy, Jay Leno for example most of the content is mindless drivel, but it is comedy so it is Ok. Until he makes fun of folks on the street who have no clue because they are fed information (not entertainment) by programs like Leno’s.
Or an a more serious platform, have you compared CNN vs. CNN International. The quality of the CNN International in terms of coverage and of course bias is so much better than the US flagship. I guess that is a reflection of the audience.
Anyways, this is America so no complain, each individual is responsible for what they consume for either entertainment or information and if you don’t like something do something about it. Hence I am shifting my news consumption to NPR and BBC World Service. Thanks to the web and podcast, you can now choose which news sources to consumer. [Of course, I will keep watching those old guys on 60 minutes.]