Steve criticises commentators for shaping opinion rather than reporting news. Alex qualifies that criticism by describing the constraints he has encountered on news programmes. A specialist may receive thirty or ninety seconds for a subject that normally needs hours of introductory explanation. Print journalists can face only an hour or two for research and writing, often while covering several subjects as generalists. Compression can therefore explain missing context without requiring a conclusion that the journalist intended to mislead.
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How short news formats limit specialist explanations
A disagreement distinguishes deliberate opinion-shaping from the practical limits of short broadcast and print formats.