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> TV didn't have the damage on our society that he expected. My conclusion is the exact opposite. While pundits on American TV News decried the sex and violenc
by headcanon 6y ago
> TV didn't have the damage on our society that he expected.
My conclusion is the exact opposite. While pundits on American TV News decried the sex and violence that was prevalent on the entertainment-only channels, they were slowly training us over decades to accept only two points of view that were always at war with each other (Orwell says hi). The Tale of Two Realities that we've been living in for the past 5 years is a testament to their success. The sex and the violence didn't harm us as much as they said because they were just easy punching bags the whole time. This is exactly what Postman and others were warning us about.
- commonturtle 6y agoNot sure if it was the medium of television that causes these problems. I remember reading Ben Franklin's biography a while ago. He was in the printing / newspaper business and what struck me was how polarized it was. Lots of hit pieces with absolutely no evidence, and papers heavily biased in one direction or another (a la Fox News).