Thirty or more years ago you used to have a much higher standard of journalism. But with the advent of cable/satellite news, the 24 hour news cycle and especially the internet signalling the beginning of the end of printed newspapers everything has changed. It's now all about ratings or clicks on the internet and rather than have a couple of dusty old professors providing expert context to news events the media want two talking heads screaming differing viewpoints/abuse at each other because that's what gets the ratings.