Sunday, April 8, 2012

Good Bye Mike Wallace

I just happened to read the following lines last night...

American television news is increasingly driven by the hosts' celebrity rather than accurate reporting of important events. Media channels frequently feature outspoken blowhards, offering borderline offensive commentary that subscribes to a political platform. "Geraldo Rivera, Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly [and Ed Schultz] are the middle-aged and male equivalent of Kim Kardashian, in that they became famous for being self-parodies and must continually up the ante of their own ridiculousness in order to maintain their fame." These commentators' reactions to the Trayvon Martin shooting, for example, became stories in themselves.

This isn't the legacy Mike Wallace dreamed of. May be technology will find an alternative this nonsense and bring us a new Mike Wallace. Check out his top then interviews here and if possible, please do this civilization a favor and stop watching cable news.

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