Today show rudeness

Agreed. Some interviewers seem so hyper I wonder if they did a line of cocaine backstage.

I don't mean to be rude but maybe stop watching that pap.

There are still a few handful of real journalists out there - you just have to look for them.

Broadcast TV journalism is often worse than worthless. Some old veteran reporter from Pravda can watch that stuff and say, "Man, we didn't go that far."

I've noticed that about most panel or late night shows.

The hosts have to interrupt or just ruin the flow of the interview with their own stuff or try to be funny.

I find that stuff unwatchable.

I think it's part and parcel of the way the people who produce television vastly underestimate the intelligence of their own audience. At some unspecified point in time, news and current affairs became another branch of the entertainment industry. Heaven forfend anyone make a nuanced and detailed point. You gotta keep things moving along so that the morons at home won't get bored and change channels.

Oh, and here's a big flashy, largely meaningless graphic so they can look at shapes and colours.

They're ratings are trash for a reason.

Sensationalism.

Back then, there were 4 channels vying to be the most accurate, most respected.
Now, 1000 channels sensationally compete for money.

Howard Stern is notorious for this. He has cut off so many promising interviewee responses that seemed like they were going in unexpected and interesting directions before he buried them to hear himself talk.