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It's nice to know that even in the end the CPB lived up to its mission and promise and swallowed its poison pill rather than be corrupted by partisan politics,
by WorldMaker 2mo ago
It's nice to know that even in the end the CPB lived up to its mission and promise and swallowed its poison pill rather than be corrupted by partisan politics, but it's also gross to have seen that forewarned poison pill needed in my lifetime. There's some hope that we can still find the next Mr. Rogers to put a heart on a sleeve in front of some future Congress and build a sequel CPB with similar strong core principles.
- ameliaquining 2mo agoThe U.S. was way less politically polarized back then.
- LogicFailsMe 2mo agoI think we were just as polarized, if not more so, but we didn't have 24/7 ragebait egging us on to fight some more to drive up the engagement numbers. It's like someone watched the Star Trek ToS episode "Day of The Dove" and thought it was a great idea for a startup. But also, that was 1968, plus sa change and all that...
- ameliaquining 2mo agoMost political scientists don't agree with this. The Wikipedia page provides a good overview: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_polarization_in_the_...
- LogicFailsMe 2mo agoBy their metrics, clearly, they are correct. But reading some books lately that were either from or set during the mid-70s to early 80s, the same tired political tropes were already in the zeitgeist. But also, from that link... "Americans' views on gun control seem to stem almost entirely from their cultural worldview and how they position themselves in that cultural schema. Statistics do not persuade them to change their minds." If true, stick a fork in us, we're cooked.