Harris and Walz Pick CNN for Their First Sit-Down Interview
Harris and Walz Pick CNN for Their First Sit-Down Interview
The campaign has been under fire from Republicans this month for not having an in-depth, on-the-record conversation with a reporter since taking over the Democratic ticket.
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Going cable was a bad call, and a totally unnecessary risk. I know the networks don’t have the same cache they used to, but it should have been PBS, NBC, CBS, or ABC.
I agree.
If only there was a button to show that.
What's the functional difference?
Functionally? There’s no difference, other than it’s a paid subscription channel. Practically, politically, and civically, network television has long accepted that it doesn’t make a profit from its news programming, so there’s a much stronger incentive to be calm, non-sensationalist, and to focus on important things that people care about. The only thing CNN cares about is ratings and profits.
CNN is free to stream these days without a cable subscription in the US.
I do it on Roku pretty often.
network television has long accepted that it doesn’t make a profit from its news programming
WDYM? They're all making money through sponsorships. Even PBS Newshour has sponsors for their segments.
They all help pay for their programming with advertising, definitely, but the networks’ motive isn’t to achieve the highest possible profits with their news productions, because news is just one part of their lineup. It would never be profitable on its own for them. CNN is only news, so their programming naturally ends up being more friendly to corporations and other interests that might benefit their bottom line, but not necessarily the public good.