I had to watch the video clip twice in order for me to understand it, plus I read the comments under it. It seems as if the media is satirizing the idea of the news speaking on the economy or middle class jobs. Every time Nance Pelosi wanted to speak about the economy, she was cut off. The media believes the audience would rather hear about someone being resigning because of a sexual mistake. It is clear to me that when you talk about the more important issues, but also issues that are recurrent, it becomes boring. People want to hear about new, exciting stuff, basically gossip. Most major television news outlets have to pay their workers and most importantly keep their view ratings up, so they show what they "believe" society wants to know about. You rarely see channel 2 action news talking about middle class but if there is a professor who has been fired for having an affair with a student, then the it will be breaking news and be talked about throughout the whole news.
Televisions news outlets want to attract a variety of people. Me as a college student would probably not want to know about the loss of middle class jobs, although it may be essential to me. I am sure the news are trying to get more college students to get their ratings up so "boring" news is just not an option.
People would rather see a person in charge fail, than concentrate what happens on a daily basis.
This is my take on why a congressman "sexting" is more fascinating than the loss of middle class jobs or the economy.
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