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Message: [QUOTE="UcMiami, post: 3113366, member: 199"] Really good response to Creme, and the a killer rebuttal to 'Bully'. As for news and sports reporting - the news department used to be the loss leader for networks - they did not expect to 'make money' on it, but it was the headline of their branding. It changed when the mergers and acquisitions departments got involved and the bean counters started taking over the corporate offices. And it became entertainment and needed to make a profit. And it continues to bleed into our society in ways that are very detrimental to our democracy. As for sports reporting - the more space they need to fill with entertainment as opposed to actual sports has created a monster as well and it bleeds into the sports broadcasts and I point to the Olympics coverage as the source of that problem - 8 hours/day of coverage needed to be filled with something so the human interest segments began and soon they were taking up 25% of the broadcast because no one really wanted to watch the curling preliminary rounds. [/QUOTE]