TV noncoverage of the war in Ukraine
The other day a friend of mine said she was surprised to hear about the Kerch Strait bridge being blown up in Crimea--she though the war in Ukraine was over months ago, since there had been no news on TV about it for a long time. I was aghast and told her about all the daily updates on YouTube. I realized in that conversation that--notwithstanding that I'm older by far than she is--she's still getting her "TV" from some cable company bundle that no doubt includes ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and CNN, while I have moved on. I do not get television coverage from the cable company, I only get internet service. Cheaper. Fewer commercials to have to sit through. And if I want ESPN I can get that separately for a small monthly fee through ROKU, not a cable television bundle. Let's take CNN and kvetch about that for a minute. 30 years ago, we watched CNN's coverage of the Iraq invasion of Kuwait and subsequent war, Operation Desert Storm, and so on. A young Wolf Blitzer seem...