Mired in trivia, “news” shows and “news”papers take a pass on the most urgent issues–climate change, anyone?
Thom Hartman writes at Common Dreams:
“Ever since the media began, in a big way in the 1980s, to ignore actual news and go for highly dumbed-down or even salacious stories, many of us who work in the media have been astonished by this behavior by the network and cable news organizations and the major newspapers.”
And forget about the arts, while we’re at it.