When did the era of Yellow Television begin?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

-when CNN went gavel to gavel with OJ in '94?
-birth of FOX news?
-rise of O'Reilly?
-Ted Turner leaving CNN?
-Gulf War I?
-Monica?
-96 telcom bill?

when did tabloidization and rw slanting take over any semblence of journalism?

and is rupert murdoch the reincarnation of hearst?

[SharonAnn]

1. I noticed it in August of 2001, "ACATT-TV All Chandra, All The Time"

[NYC Liberal]

4. In the meantime, Bush was on vacation whilst

warnings were flying everywhere about 9/11 and the hijackers were training right here on US soil.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. right - can't forget condit

to this day, most people forget that there wasn't a single thing connecting him or suggesting that he had anything whatsoever to do with her death

[adwon]

2. It started in 1991

Remember the Menendez brothers?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

7. that was sort of the prologue

menendez, pee-wee herman's arrest

but even then, they had a little restraint

it got worse with tonya harding/nacy kerrigan, but with oj, the death knell of american journalism was heard

[Historic NY]

11. I agree....it went from news to tabloid journalism, over & over & over....

what was that movie Truman? His life was tabloid TV 24/7.

[adwon]

13. So true

[Fridays Child]

3. Monica

[Indiana_Dem]

6. I think Don Henley had a song about yellow journalism

and that was when I was in high school which would be around '82. Remember "Dirty Laundry"?

[seabeyond]

8. i feel it was the impeachment

the empowerment of media to talk about the presidents penis and sneer on national tv

[LSdemocrat]

9. AOL Time Warner merger coupled with Ted Turner leaving

[leftofthedial]

10. The Monicathon

[Cleita]

12. Although there was increasing tabloidism before, it really got

serious when Ted Turner left CNN. I think even Hearst had some pride in having a semblance of journalism in his empire. Murdoch has none.