Do artists and writers create these "news" characters on TV?

Question

Does they create the characters then find them from casting agents and train them for the various roles like Glenn Beck, O'Reilly, Lou Dobbs, etc. I can see the bimbos and airheads know nothing about the issues, statistics, finance or much else. Why? People just want to get the reports but they just get propaganda and low-rate entertainment. Does it sell the ads better than real news.

Answer 1

I believe they do. You never see an overweight, bad-looking being reporting the news..

Answer 2

Yes of course they do, they have been doing it for many years just to stir up lowly educated people who believe what they see on television is true.

Answer 3

Simply put, yes.

These characters and thier writers are given assignments. When those assignments can be sold to millions of viewers who dedicate thier limited time to viewing a tv personality (which the creators try to make diverse in selection), the writers have found success, and government found a new outlet for its press releases.

This is the most effective method of keeping the working class of america focused on non issues.