NYU’s Jay Rosen: “On Fox, the news exists in order to generate controversy. Controversy exists in order to generate resentment. And the resentment is what generates ratings.”
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NYU’s Jay Rosen tries to explain: “On Fox, the news exists in order to generate controversy. Controversy exists in order to generate resentment. And the resentment is what generates ratings.”
Via mistermix who eschewed posting the video because Rosen’s “voice and manner channels a younger Wallace Shawn, which is tough to take.” Heh. I almost invariably prefer the written word over videos, unless the visual component truly adds to the understanding of the topic. It doesn’t here.
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Interesting. Wallace Shawn, perhaps.
However, I would argue that Rosen appears to be channeling a variant of Yoda’s logic…
“[N]ews exists in order to generate controversy. Controversy exists to generate resentment. And resentment exists to generate ratings.”
…versus…
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
=)
