How many times can we be astonished by the same phenomenon? How often should our jaws drop before we resolutely clench our teeth, hunker down and come to terms with basic media dynamics that keep emerging?

Understandably, many people are appalled by the low quality of news media — and TV news in particular — at historic moments. That's what happened the other day when the Supreme Court handed down a decision that infringes on a citizen's right to vote. In effect, the high c ...

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