I think a lot of people in television news look at the cable networks with great envy.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think cable has been under-appreciated for its contribution to society.
But by showing us live coverage of every bad thing happening everywhere in the world, cable news makes life seem like it's just an endless string of disasters - when, for most people in most places today, life is fairly good.
I think it's really good that you have great competition among news networks, and for that matter all the networks in general. It's bringing more and more people in to watching the news.
Cable has come along; many all-news 24 hour cable outlets in the United States. They have cut deeply into the traditional networks' viewing audience.
I think cable TV in the United States is amazing right now. It's reinvented television, really. What's going on in the States with some of these cable shows like 'Breaking Bad' and 'Mad Men' is amazing stuff.
Envy is the central fact of American life.
I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.
Envy is human nature.
People essentially like local news better than network news.
You know, people aren't watching a network: they're watching cable channels.