“Drawing on Marshall McLuhan, cultural critic Neil Postman once argued that ‘Sesame Street’ hampered education by conditioning children to view learning as fun, easy and passive — never mind that serious learning is often tedious, hard, and grueling. The SportsCenter-ization of news works the same way, teaching us that elections are Lakers-Celtics, health care is the BCS, emotional highlights (like the fight over Planned Parenthood) trump actual games (like the entire contents of federal budget) and that while it’s both patriotic and essential to have passionate opinions, the dull grind of making said opinions informed is unnecessary.”
~ Patrick Hruby,
The SportsCenter-ization of Political Journalism
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