When it used to be a summary of the day's top stories, for those very busy people who want a quick recap on what is in the news?
Now, it is a constant stream of stories about crime.
The best example of all is Nancy Grace, who I wrote about in the book.
Her show features the latest crime -- usually against a child (missing kid, kidnapped kid, murdered kid). As this former prosecutor talks about the case, simultaneously we see blinking, flashing, and moving pictures and words across the screen, usually in red boxes with words like "The latest" "Warning" or "Breaking news."
It is overstimulating and not at all even informative.
Plus it keeps us focused on random street crimes that have little importance for people outside of the lives of the victims.
This is obviously profit-generating TV or else we would not be seeing it.
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