People fail to realize how significant that power is. A picture may be worth 1,000 words, but often they are the least important words. The respective audiences seem to effect the formats. Intellectuals read articles, and those that read are willing to take more time learning, so the information is often more detailed and talks about many aspects of an issue. A quick story and on to the next.
Television is the worst.
The information is so incomplete, and edited, as to be almost worthless. Good for entertainment, lousy for understanding. As we went through each change in information distribution, there was an adoption period. The new medium was seen as a better version of the old, and then slowly the new medium was seen for its own unique benefits, and the paradigm shifted. Then radio evolved.