Near matters more To make money, you need high ratings, and if you want to get high ratings, you have to steal viewers from the three over-the-air stations by offering something that they don't have. Hence, between elections, cable news becomes largely local news.
由「利」字的角度出發，就要有高收視率，要有高收視率，就必須和三台「搶」觀眾，所以在沒有選舉的時候，有線新聞就成為十足的地方新聞。