How Cable News Fails Viewers

“Too much of our political coverage is meta-analysis... it's a look at how things are going to look,” argues Jon Lovett, former Obama speechwriter turned podcaster, at the 2017 Aspen Ideas Festival. In this short interview, Lovett says that when television pundits dissect the performance of politicians, the news becomes a kind of “theater criticism.” Lovett, who hosts a show called Pod Save America, says young audiences are reacting by searching elsewhere for intellectually honest reporting.

[stevensong]

1:13 - 1:50
Oh! Exactly! There's no hurting by simplifying!
Insightful analysis! Mr. Lovett!

[sissywizard]

Last night I got into a conversation about how (edit: mainstream/popular) cable news media is the absolute worst, this definitely adds strength to that argument. Meta-analysis and theater criticism, very true!

[James_B_Douglass]

Straight shooter, respected on both sides.