The media's obsession -- make it stop!

THE MEDIA'S OBSESSION -- MAKE IT STOP!
[SOURCE: Media Matters for America, AUTHOR: Eric Boehlert]
[Commentary] The press truly has embraced the notion of the nonstop campaign and Boehlert thinks it has done so for increasingly selfish reasons. For political scribes, presidential campaigns can be career-making seasons, when high-profile promotions, book deals, TV punditry contracts, and teaching positions can be pocketed. For news media companies, presidential campaigns mean big business; relatively inexpensive content that can be endlessly rehashed. In other words, they're good for the bottom line. The never-ending analysis for 2008, though, has already morphed into a deafening background noise. And the press' often shallow performance last week does not bode well for the long term. We have an industry of media political pros who have surprisingly little to say, yet insist on saying (or writing) it over and over and over.
http://mediamatters.org/columns/200701220010

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