Our politics are awash in money. One symptom is how unwatchable TV is as we close in on Election Day. It's inconvenient, but it is also a danger to the republic.
Great piece. And let me add that with media consolidation, chances are most if not all of the “linear” stations in a market aren’t even owned by local concerns.
And we never really see the windfall go back into hiring more journalists and better local reporting.
The negative ads filled with malinformation poison the airwaves, our devices and (with the anxiety they cause) our minds and our bodies.
Great piece. And let me add that with media consolidation, chances are most if not all of the “linear” stations in a market aren’t even owned by local concerns.
And we never really see the windfall go back into hiring more journalists and better local reporting.
The negative ads filled with malinformation poison the airwaves, our devices and (with the anxiety they cause) our minds and our bodies.
Political consultants are the scum of the earth