MediaLogic

I have been noticing that there are a number of articles questioning the relevance of network news since tonight is Tom Brokaw’s last broadcast as the NBC Nightly News anchor.

The Echo Chamber documentary focuses on the network news because of the influence that the media logic of the electronic medium of news has on the national political discourse...

Romenesko links to a speech by Watergate co-reporter Carl Bernstein at Auburn University who said:

"The agenda of television is driving the agenda of news"

"Television, both local and national, is ceasing to serve the public"

The Echo Chamber Project is headed towards the same conclusion.

Bernstein also said that there is an "astonishing amount of untruth from the White House" and "We're not doing enough to report on t