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One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News
ideonexus writes "The Pew group has released its annual study into the state of news media. They conclude that science and technology content is a rare treat for cable newscast viewers; some five hours of programming could pass with the average viewer seeing only one minute of science news coverage."
I think the average slashdot user can spend as much time on slashdot and read even less than a minutes worth of science. The articles are traps anyway. That aside, people tend to watch drama and reality TV, are we surprised there isn't any science there?
Funny, as fas as news goes, I thought people were only interested in: a) The 2 girls who got kicked off an airplane because they're "Too Hot" b) The Governor's Whore's new rap album. I wouldn't say the news and news viewers favor non-science stories. It's probably more along the lines of there being nothing to report. People might start to think the US ISN'T the greatest country in the world if they had to start the article with "This Week in Germany..." or "It seems Sweeden has recently discovered...." God forbid somebody digs up a couple bones linking humans to monkeys, Fox wouldn't DARE put that on National television.