Because they are more realistic than the MSM - this clip is even more relevant today than it was when first released:
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When I see news on MSM I check with trusted bloggers if the news is to be believed. Trusted bloggers? Takes time and work to find out who.
The note below was originally a response to a comment that Bora Z left on my "More on uneasy symbiosis (mashup?
Effect Measure -- inspired by a thoughtful note from bird-flu ace reporter Helen Branswell -- ponders the implications of the increasing lack of specialization, and thus deep subject-specific expertise, amo
CNN, like most other MSM outfits have been sacrificing reporters, foreign correspondents in favor of pundits (aka political operatives), fancy gizmos (verging on a reenactment of Star Wars) and fluff.
Better production values, too. Notice that nobody talks over anybody else.
At last I understand.