Not the consumer’s fault. The media’s, and the goevrnment’s.It’s the media’s fault (Rupert Murdoch being a prime example) and the goevrnment’s, but the consumer isn’t entirely blameless, either. There’s enough real news out there that many people can tell they’re not getting the full story — or could, if they exerted themselves enough to actually check into things.Unfortunately, Americans take an incredibly passive approach to TV, a very passive medium to begin with.The US is big on private corporations as content producers, and those do produce very successful and profitable television. But, for some reason, the television that is most likely to actually stimulate your brain comes from goevrnments — CBC, BBC, PBS… (not that the converse is true! I’m not saying goevrnment TV is inherently good. There are plenty of goevrnments which produce nothing but the most mind-numbing propaganda.)
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great idea. if I ever see a pig-nosed labe like that in real life i’ma put a ring on ‘er.
Monday, Mar 5th, 2012 at 11:06 pm
Great.
Tuesday, Mar 6th, 2012 at 9:34 am
it’s a pacifier GROSS!
Tuesday, Mar 6th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
awesome again. mteen, you rock buddy!
Friday, Mar 9th, 2012 at 2:44 am
Not the consumer’s fault. The media’s, and the goevrnment’s.It’s the media’s fault (Rupert Murdoch being a prime example) and the goevrnment’s, but the consumer isn’t entirely blameless, either. There’s enough real news out there that many people can tell they’re not getting the full story — or could, if they exerted themselves enough to actually check into things.Unfortunately, Americans take an incredibly passive approach to TV, a very passive medium to begin with.The US is big on private corporations as content producers, and those do produce very successful and profitable television. But, for some reason, the television that is most likely to actually stimulate your brain comes from goevrnments — CBC, BBC, PBS… (not that the converse is true! I’m not saying goevrnment TV is inherently good. There are plenty of goevrnments which produce nothing but the most mind-numbing propaganda.)
Tuesday, Dec 11th, 2012 at 1:04 pm