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Frum wants to know why cable news doesn't use its "acres of time" to provide in-depth coverage of issues

August 23, 2009 11:42 am ET

From the August 23 edition of CNN's Reliable Sources:

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    • Author by Easy to refute wingnuts (August 23, 2009 12:21 pm ET)
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      Funny, Frum never asked for more coverage when Bush was lying us into war and destroying FEMA.
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    • Author by bintx (August 23, 2009 3:28 pm ET)
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      There's not more coverage of actual news issues because people don't tune in to watch news . . . too boring. They want to see people "mix it up." They want to hear opinions, no matter how outrageous they are.
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      • Author by pete592 (August 23, 2009 7:28 pm ET)
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        QFT. Put simply, in-depth coverage just isn't sexy enough. Unless there's fireworks like a confrontation, a controversial statement, or real-life shocking video, the American audience just doesn't care.
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    • Author by mjh (August 23, 2009 6:37 pm ET)
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      Frum wants to know why cable news doesn't use its "acres of time" to provide in-depth coverage of issues



      Well Dave, maybe it's because:

      - Lou Dobbs thinks its more important that Obama should be explaining why he hasn't produced his long-form COLB

      - Glenn Beck prefers to spend his time proclaiming that Obama is a racist who hates white people -- when he's not crying, simulating pouring gasoline on someone, or drawing pictures, that is

      - Sean Hannity feels its his solemn duty to warn the country that Obama intends to invade America with an armed force, and that speaking out publicly against the President at Town Halls and Tea Parties {complete with weapons} is not only a right, but a duty -- an idea that he never promoted during the previous administration, for some reason


      That'd be my guess, anyway . . .

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