What the media has been covering (issues vs. silliness) during this election has been a point of contention and a criticism directed at the press. Now the press has decided to cover themselves. The LA Times printed a story about the competition between broadcast news and cable programs. Prompted by Palin's choice to do an interview with Charles Gibson on ABC, the argument about which side is better at what they do has ensued. There is certainly a changing of tides as cables stations garnered nearly as many viewers as the networks during the conventions.
Each side is depending on their presentation of the news winning out over the other.
" All of us at CBS and NBC and ABC are able to describe, illuminate and inform in a very creative way, and that differentiates us from what goes on on cable," said Kaplan, who previously served as president of CNN and MSNBC." I guess the news isn't just the news. We are watching not only for what is being presented, but how. There certainly is some layering going on here.
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