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The test for success for these people is whether they make money, not whether they somehow serve the "public interest". What the heck is the "public interest"? No one can tell, no one can measure it. You can measure the size of your bank account, on the other hand. These people are crooks, who do not think like most people. You shouldn't expect them to respond to your human-oriented criticisms. They are amoral money-making machines. The only way to stop them is to stop giving them money. Fortunately, network television news is dying as its viewers die and are not replaced.