Wherever we look, tabloid values prevail. We see serious news stories shoved aside in favor of more sensational items as networks battle over declining market shares. We see microphones and cameras thrust into private moments like birds of prey descending upon carrion. Decency, discretion respect, balance and context are roadkill - victims of the new entertainment tilted media. Students awaken each morning to a diet of scandal, violence, tragic events and controversy.
Startling images shoulder aside thoughtful, balanced content.
What you have to do is give the audience a good show since presumably it is entertainment that people want. Page 87 Gabler goes on to quote Dan Rather's complaint . . . They've got us putting more and more fuzz and wuzz on the air, cop-shop stuff, so as to compete not with the other news programs but with entertainment programs, including those posing as news programs, for dead bodies, mayhem and lurid takes. Page 88 Order Life the Movie from Amazon. Life the Movie Being noticed by the media requires an ever increasing level of volume and outrage.