When will TV news die?

I'm waiting out this scourge

A television.

At 6 a.m. on any Sunday, if you've made the sort of poor life choices that can land you a gig like personal attorney to the president of the United States or counselor to the same, you probably have the misfortune of spending the next hour spouting spin and half-truths in heavy makeup before a national audience. For these sad souls, participating in cable and network news shows is part of the job, particularly with a television addict for a boss.

We know why politicians and those who wish to influence them are incessantly willing to argue and pontificate on camera. But why would anyone be willing to watch? Why would we voluntarily subject ourselves to such an awful and unnecessary means of news consumption? And will enough of us ever stop watching to get rid of this scourge for good?

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Bonnie Kristian

Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.