Re: TV or not TV

[John Paul Davis <johnd at antioch-college_edu>]

Ysobelle at aol_com wrote:
> On 5/16/03 9:24 AM, quoth the effervescent johnd at antioch-college_edu at 
> johnd at antioch-college_edu:
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>>So, TV 
>>makes its own money by suppressing news items that might cause people to 
>>change their beahvior. Instead, they offer as little news as possible 
>>and fill time with infotainment and false alarms and sensationalism.
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> 
> 
> Whoooaaa, there, sailor! You wanna back that supposition up? 

How about: an ENTIRE DAY of repetitious 'The Shuttle Blew Up And We 
Don't Know Why But We'll Keep Showing The Same Clip Over and Over'?

Or: Months of "Dixie Chicks Fans Angry At Band and not Going to Shows or 
Buying CDs" while their shows are selling out and record sales have gone up?

Or: WEEKS of commentary on the 9.11  attacks.

etc, etc, etc.



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