Comments on: In truth, television news coverage is not unlike the old story of Benito Mussolini’s review of his pre-war air force. He would fly to Naples to look at the war planes lined on the tarmac. After dinner, he would fly north to Milan to review those forces. Upon his arrival, the aerodrome was a splendorous vision of shiny airplanes for Il Duce. Pilots merely flew the same planes north while their leader was having dinner. So it is with televised news. Despite the intricate stage sets, each network may only have two or three reporters who cover celebrity trials, wars, hurricanes and a Virgin Mary sighting with the same intensity

Comments on: In truth, television news coverage is not unlike the old story of Benito Mussolini’s review of his pre-war air force. He would fly to Naples to look at the war planes lined on the tarmac. After dinner, he would fly north to Milan to review those forces. Upon his arrival, the aerodrome was a splendorous vision of shiny airplanes for Il Duce. Pilots merely flew the same planes north while their leader was having dinner. So it is with televised news. Despite the intricate stage sets, each network may only have two or three reporters who cover celebrity trials, wars, hurricanes and a Virgin Mary sighting with the same intensity–but only separately. http://david.barillari.org/in-truth-television-news-coverage-is-not-unlike-the-old-story-of-benito-mussolini%e2%80%99s-review-of-his-pre-war-air-force-he-would-fly-to-naples-to-look-at-the-war-planes-lined-on-the-tarmac-after-d Ex Historia, Non Est Salus...Cultural, Social & Politcal Satire Thu, 24 May 2012 14:45:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5