I am completely disgusted with the content of the major nation-wide news outlets. Over the past few days I have seen nothing but sensationalized and over dramatized stories about people that I could care less about. There must be some real “news” out there somewhere that they could be reporting on. I know it isn’t necessarily the news outlet’s fault, they are simply providing a service to the public and this is probably what the public wants, but come on now… Just because some redneck in a trailer park wants to hear about a lady that has lost her mind over a failed relationship, doesn’t mean that he should see it on TV. Why can’t the news outlets take the onus of providing worthwhile, intellectually stimulating content to the masses? I know it is all driven by advertising dollars, but it seems to me that there should be at least a couple of stations that could provide real news. I am sure they could make money from advertising, albeit not from McDonald’s or WalMart. Maybe this is the wave of the future… The target audience will be fragmented, instead of trying to be all things to all people we will see a news station that appeals to the white-collar, luxury car driving crowd as opposed to the blue/gray collar, big-ol-dumb-ass truck driving crowd.
