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I found this fascinating:

IN TRYING TO determine whether the quality of local news segments had any relation to ratings, the researchers behind the book "We Interrupt This Newscast" had to design a reliable measure of quality. They asked a team of widely respected TV news directors, news executives, and producers to put together a list of attributes that they all agreed defined good journalism. . . .

Analyzing their results, the researchers found a strong correlation between high quality scores and high ratings.


As anyone with eyes and a brain can tell you, news is just another way to fill the gap between commercials. Maybe this analysis can be used to dynamite the corporate powers into recognizing that well-reported news draws eyeballs, and that restoring media funding thereby creates once again newsrooms that actually report news and make money.

Hey, a guy can dream.

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