General Discussion

and the proliferation of 24/7 media that keeps repeating the same stories over and over. I remember when Air America cam on the scene and I was hopeful about getting a wide variety of subjects covered and unique programming that would allow under-reported stories and under-represented groups an opportunity for having regular programming featuring the stories and people of those groups. Initially it was OK somewhat but I wasn't seeing a hoped for diversity for LGBTQ+ focused programming, Native American programming or immigrant focused programming. But I thought maybe it's going to come. Not really and before too long whatever the issue of the day was would be carried through from morning until night from host to host all day long. I need to hear about a topic a couple of times a day but I don't need it constantly for 12 or 14 hours straight saying the same takes/questions over and over with just different voices/heads.

Still to this day it is staggering to me that with 168 hours per week of programming hours for each major network and cable news channel that we still don't "seem to find" the ability to carve even 15 minutes for programming each week focused on those groups and their issues. But the program managers feel it is a better use of the time to repeat the same thing that was said all day long. But as we know programming in the "public interest" is anything they want to call it any longer.