Why Cable News Doesn't Cover Science

Courtesy Digg / Television  Tue, 03/18/2008 - 05:42

Cable news focuses much of its time on 3/4 topics a day and relies on wires and brief “tell stories” for much of the rest of the news.

There's 2 distinct parts to a cable day, daytime is more focused on crime/disaster where nighttime increasingly is more about topics that spark controversy and suit the particular audience that tunes in.


 

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