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MohRokTah

(15,429 posts) Tue Feb 16, 2016, 12:06 PM Feb 2016

The sad fact of modern American Culture

"Reality television" was invented on June 17, 1994 when every television station and cable news channel carried the live slow speed chase of a white Bronco.

That incident, brought to you by Robert Kardashian, demonstrated that low cost voyeuristic pursuits for television broadcasts would become the norm, not an anomaly.

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The sad fact of modern American Culture (Original Post) MohRokTah Feb 2016 OP

Content is free. bemildred Feb 2016 #1

bemildred

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1. Content is free.

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Tue Feb 16, 2016, 12:12 PM

Feb 2016

Reality TV us just the implementation of that slogan. So is Facebook.

But oddly enough they still want to charge for it.

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