re: #287 KGxvi

The problem is, television isn’t really a great medium for communicating the news. Not in any serious, in depth way. If you want actual news, you need to go with print (be it digital or dead tree), because that’s where actual explanations of events and analysis of said events actually happens. Television (and radio, for that matter) isn’t going to give you a measured discussion of events - at least not for any sustained period of time.

I’ll also add that podcasts seem to be in a better position than television or radio because they aren’t confined by format (length, advertising requirements, bothsiderism).

John Oliver with comedy, Rachel Maddow with analysis, &c seem to do okay. There’s a reason Dr. Maddow is on top of cable programming right now: There is a crowd that wants in-depth analysis of news items. She provides it.

When John Oliver did his long segment on Net Neutrality, the FCC was flooded with tens of millions of comments, forcing the FCC to table the idea of getting rid of it. They do have impact. MSNBC needs more people like Maddow and fewer like Kelly.