[quote=Vortex]There needs to be a clear boundary between news and entertainment.[/quote]

I completely agree. I'm only saying that the blame doesn't fall on the broadcasters.

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That's your opinion but I myself am a Marxist-Leninist (among other things as I stated at the start of this thread) and I believe that the role of the media is to inform the masses (which I assume you have picked up on by now)
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No, it's not my opinion, it's an objective fact that I'm expressing to you. The goal of a business is to generate capital. That's how businesses work.