“A retainer. Nobody in this town works without a retainer. You think you can find someone who does, you have my blessin’. But I think we all know that person isn’t going to represent you as well as I can.”
Well written article…at the end of the day, just like any other corporation, their loyalty is to their shareholders instead of their customers. They’re going to do whatever they can in order to get the most eyeballs tuned into their channel. Their primary responsibility isn’t to educate their audience.
I care far more about sports than I do about current events so I don’t have the nuance to talk about cable news but I do for ESPN, FS1 etc. (which, in reality, are similar models). In the sports world, there so much content out there that only three types of voices really get out: 1) the really intelligent, well put together thought pieces (e.g. Zach Lowe, Bill Barnwell) 2) The ones who realize it’s just sports, don’t take themselves too seriously and put out light, enjoyable content (e.g. Sports Nation) and 3) The loudest, most provocative people out there (e.g. First Take). Then their are shows like PTI (which I still consider the best sports commentary show out there) that take elements from all three categories.
My assumption is that content from cable news probably follows the same model. The problem is getting “smart news” out there is incredibly difficulty because: 1) You need to find intelligent people that can also speak to a broad-based audience and 2) You need people to sit down long enough and pay attention hard enough in order to comprehend what’s going on. To do that and turn a bigger profit than your competitors is REALLY FUCKING DIFFICULT. Therefore the Fox Newses, CNNs and MSNBCs of the world sell out and go with option 2 and option 3 instead. That’s why you see fucktards like Ann Coutler getting millions on book deals for calling all liberals pussies. She’s able to capture a bigger segment of the political audience than whoever the cable news equivalent of Zach Lowe because she’s easy to understand and provocative enough for her voice to be heard over the literally thousands of other places you can get your news.
I would assume the best place to get your news is PBS because they don’t rely on a capitalistic model but I don’t know for sure because I haven’t watched PBS since I stopped watching Sesame Street at a kid.
What’s sad is that twenty years ago, college juniors would give up their left nut to get an internship with Microsoft. With Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Google etc., Microsoft can’t scoop up the best talent anymore so they’re reduced to shit like this.
“you wouldn’t go to McDonalds and order a steak medium rare, so why are you walking into a bar that doesn’t have doors on the bathroom stalls and expecting to get a decent Old Fashioned?”
I’d love to see Todd’s dad come back into the picture. A frank conversation with that straight shooter would put Todd in the right frame of mind to break up with her.
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“A retainer. Nobody in this town works without a retainer. You think you can find someone who does, you have my blessin’. But I think we all know that person isn’t going to represent you as well as I can.”
College Dropout and Late Registration are straight fire…big drop off after that
It’s not quite as infuriating as girl referring to herself as “mama” but reading the words “champs” was like nails on a chalkboard.
Playing sober (usually) helps.
So how much money would someone need to emulate his trip to Tijuana? Asking for a friend.
Well written article…at the end of the day, just like any other corporation, their loyalty is to their shareholders instead of their customers. They’re going to do whatever they can in order to get the most eyeballs tuned into their channel. Their primary responsibility isn’t to educate their audience.
I care far more about sports than I do about current events so I don’t have the nuance to talk about cable news but I do for ESPN, FS1 etc. (which, in reality, are similar models). In the sports world, there so much content out there that only three types of voices really get out: 1) the really intelligent, well put together thought pieces (e.g. Zach Lowe, Bill Barnwell) 2) The ones who realize it’s just sports, don’t take themselves too seriously and put out light, enjoyable content (e.g. Sports Nation) and 3) The loudest, most provocative people out there (e.g. First Take). Then their are shows like PTI (which I still consider the best sports commentary show out there) that take elements from all three categories.
My assumption is that content from cable news probably follows the same model. The problem is getting “smart news” out there is incredibly difficulty because: 1) You need to find intelligent people that can also speak to a broad-based audience and 2) You need people to sit down long enough and pay attention hard enough in order to comprehend what’s going on. To do that and turn a bigger profit than your competitors is REALLY FUCKING DIFFICULT. Therefore the Fox Newses, CNNs and MSNBCs of the world sell out and go with option 2 and option 3 instead. That’s why you see fucktards like Ann Coutler getting millions on book deals for calling all liberals pussies. She’s able to capture a bigger segment of the political audience than whoever the cable news equivalent of Zach Lowe because she’s easy to understand and provocative enough for her voice to be heard over the literally thousands of other places you can get your news.
I would assume the best place to get your news is PBS because they don’t rely on a capitalistic model but I don’t know for sure because I haven’t watched PBS since I stopped watching Sesame Street at a kid.
Fuck you, stop trying to make me better myself.
I still eat Mac and Cheese with cut up hot dogs.
” Listen, here’s the thing. If you can’t spot the sucker in your first half hour at the table, then you ARE the sucker.”
Accurately describes my typical friday night.
You can say the same about Donald Trump.
I’d like to take her to a nice seafood dinner and never call her again.
Hopefully this won’t affect his status with team USA. I wanted to his brand of ball busting on an international level.
If that was me, I would invest half of it in mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Sadulach who works in Securities.
Fuck you white people are awesome.
What’s sad is that twenty years ago, college juniors would give up their left nut to get an internship with Microsoft. With Apple, Tesla, Facebook, Google etc., Microsoft can’t scoop up the best talent anymore so they’re reduced to shit like this.
Congrats Microsoft, you’re Silicon Valley’s Uncle Rico.
“you wouldn’t go to McDonalds and order a steak medium rare, so why are you walking into a bar that doesn’t have doors on the bathroom stalls and expecting to get a decent Old Fashioned?”
Hit the nail on the head.
I’m going to go Shakespeare on his candy ass. Oh you’re unique? “It is a tale. Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”
After I nail a string of “relationships threes”
America.
I’d love to see Todd’s dad come back into the picture. A frank conversation with that straight shooter would put Todd in the right frame of mind to break up with her.