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by specialist 1561 days ago
> Anything worth hearing about will be written up by a newspaper.

True. Old complaint. TV news has always been a parasite on newspaper news rooms. With some rare exceptions.

I did student broadcasting (radio, public access cable, job shadowing) in the 80s. Learned about the history, the players, "journalism", etc. I loved the gear, working in the studio. (At least as much as I love programming computers.)

Corporate media has always been as bad as everyone imagines. Completely walked away from the industry after some interning. Once I got a peek behind the curtain, I simply loathe the entirety of it. I even refuse to own a TV, watch the news, etc.