He chews it up, spits out the fingers, and stomps on them. Denenberg, who has won the astonishing total of 40 Emmys during his 23 years as a peerless consumer reporter for WCAU-TV, has never been loath to criticize the industry that catapulted him into the public consciousness. True to form, he had some pithy observations to make when we sat down over lunch the other day. Dan Rather said it recently. The increasing competition on TV with so many cable channels has made things even worse.
Ratings are all that matter anymore, so they're all taking the sensationalist tabloid approach.
International news has just about disappeared from network news shows. We are allowing the media to totally distort our perceptions and priorites. Normally TV news people are way too timid, but in the case of Bill Clinton, they've turned into a lynch mob. We are allowing the media to totally distort our perceptions and priorities. It's as if there are no other problems in the world.