{"id":7546,"date":"2018-08-20T19:59:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T19:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7546"},"modified":"2018-08-20T19:59:24","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T19:59:24","slug":"linked-unrelenting-tyranny-of-reality-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/08\/20\/linked-unrelenting-tyranny-of-reality-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Unrelenting tyranny of reality TV&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:1965,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/om.co\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/20\\\/unrelenting-tyranny-of-reality-tv&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240317205112\\\/https:\\\/\\\/om.co\\\/2018\\\/08\\\/20\\\/unrelenting-tyranny-of-reality-tv\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 22:16:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-18 05:17:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 05:42:09&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 16:11:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 11:54:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-11 07:56:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-22 16:03:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 23:33:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-08 01:06:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 15:43:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-18 23:27:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:04:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-25 16:04:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:1966,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.vox.com\\\/policy-and-politics\\\/2018\\\/8\\\/6\\\/17599010\\\/neil-postman-trump-amusing-ourselves&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250910193553\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.vox.com\\\/policy-and-politics\\\/2018\\\/8\\\/6\\\/17599010\\\/neil-postman-trump-amusing-ourselves&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-03 22:16:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-23 09:12:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-28 16:13:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-02 11:54:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 23:33:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 23:33:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/om.co\/2018\/08\/20\/unrelenting-tyranny-of-reality-tv\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Unrelenting tyranny of reality TV<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The networks don\u2019t script the shows. Instead, it is \u201csources who have gone direct.\u201d Look at our president, who is playing the media circus so well with his daily missives. Vox editor Ezra Klein <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/2018\/8\/6\/17599010\/neil-postman-trump-amusing-ourselves\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently wrote<\/a> that \u201cin the hypercompetitive enclaves of cable news and social media, where only the most attention-grabbing, conflict-rich content thrives.\u201d He is spot on, and look around you, there are others who are using this to good effect.<\/p>\n<p>From Kanye West to Elon Musk to even presidential reality show spin-off, The Omarosa Show \u2014 they are dominating the front pages and monopolizes the airwaves. What Elon Musk says on Twitter determines tomorrow\u2019s headlines, and the amount of time television devotes to other business news.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This is why about 4 years ago, I stopped following current events. I read long-form editorials of things that happened 6 months ago. Retrospectives that have all of the facts right because \u201cbreaking news\u201d is no longer happening. I left social media and removed all news from my RSS that wasn\u2019t tech news.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m less informed than ever of what happened today or last week but the reality TV of \u2018news\u2019 is not even in my wheel house. It means following SNL clips is difficult but that\u2019s the only thing I\u2019m \u00a0lacking..maybe that and water-cooler time but everyone I work with knows I won\u2019t know who won the superbowl or what happened last night on Fear Factor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Going away for 2 weeks on a motorcycle trip in the woods is just the same as sitting at my desk from a perspective of what\u2019s going on in the world around me. Because news is unimportant now. it\u2019s just realityTV.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unrelenting tyranny of reality TV: The networks don\u2019t script the shows. Instead, it is \u201csources who have gone&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-08-20T19:59:34Z","apple_news_api_id":"eacf3b91-bae1-4105-a07e-0cabc0c0d94b","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-08-20T19:59:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A6s87kbrhQQWgfgyrwMDZSw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7546","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-linked","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1XI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3554,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/02\/08\/reality-television-venn-diagram\/","url_meta":{"origin":7546,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 &#8220;Reality Television Venn Diagram&#8221;","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"February 8, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"via LaughingSquid: Are there really this many reality television shows? 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