19th June 2005, 12:59 PM
Well yes, but there was a time when the media had some standards and a sense of journalistic integrity they had to uphold, despite ratings. The fact of the matter is, news is NOT meant to be entertaining. It's meant to be informative.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)