re: #71 Bear

Don’t know just how far back the TV “news” started to put a spin on some events but I recall some early in the 1960 era. Of course news spin in print goes back much farther.

It comes and goes. Partisan “news” has a long history. Ironically the mainstream news from the 60’s and 70’s was fairly straight forward but it was a period of political extremism, assassinations, bombings, etc. The modern trend of mainstream outrage journalism more or less started with Bill O’reilly . Using the Tabloid format with a pundit character. “Real” news doesn’t get much ratings and networks just copied the tabloid/pundit business model. There are some signs that it’s becoming less popular cable news needs revenue and will serve up whatever makes them money.