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b'In this week\\u2019s Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand American Network News, and the country\\u2019s obsession with rolling 24/7 news coverage. Why does the Fox News Channel averaged more total viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined and how is American TV news faring in the wake of Twitter and TikTok? David talks to Stacy Scholder, a professor at the University of Southern California who teaches TV journalism. What is she teaching the next generation of TV journalists and what was it like covering OJ Simpson\\u2019s escape on the LA freeway? He also meets Victor Vlam, a 38-year-old man in the Netherlands who has the biggest collection of news theme songs on the planet. Why does he have 876 hours, 2 minutes and 52 seconds of news music? Victor explains the importance of news theme music and what it says about the news you\\u2019re about to hear. What\\u2019s the best news theme song and the worst? \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'