Washington Post
There’s no secret about what works on cable news these days.
Flashy graphics and raised voices burst through the screen to jostle into our agitated, unfocused, Twitterized minds.
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Anchors are loud, beautiful and opinionated. They are celebrities, meticulously drawn on-air characters who may or may not bear a resemblance to their off-camera selves. Anderson the Great. Glenn of Conspiracyvilles. Rachel, Puckish and Left.
They can present news, sure, but they’re really here to provoke. More…