Wednesday 25 January 2017

Not having cable/foxtel tv here by choice, it is interesting how my news-seeking habits have changed. I still haven't resorted to watching Australian television but have found the internet quite useful in just updating things as days go by. One of the truths underlying the massive global '24 hour news cycle' in all the news broadcasters, is that there's not really many people there at all. Stories are bought by one source from another etc...much cheaper than having reporters yourself etc, or investigating anything.....and on it goes. Without access to TV CNN or Fox or BBC you do miss out on a lot of talking heads sprouting rhetoric and various dooms etc, but you don't really miss out on anything of importance...except how important each news service keeps saying it is. Concerns about fake news? I'd suggest about 90% of it is always fake, because fake is cheaper...and people prefer it.


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