Comment by thinkingemote

I've given up on a lot of TV as much seem to be about pushing a message. The more I don't watch it, the more obvious it seems to be when I do. A much smaller bunch of shows seem explicitly designed to push a political/cultural message and we even have politicians talk about legislation based on the show that was on the screen the previous night!

Perhaps those whose job it is to push messages (e.g. journalists) see themselves and their mission in TV shows and so we have this view as shown in the article.