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longship

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4. I deliberately posted this without comment.

Reply to RC (Reply #1)

Tue Jan 21, 2014, 09:21 PM

Jan 2014

Now I will.

Rupert Murdock and his Fox enterprise have extended their fingers into many media channels. The same people who control Fox now control many of the previously known "educational" cable channels.

When was the last time anybody saw history on the History Channel?

When was the last time anybody saw science on the Discovery Channel?

When was the last time when there was arts on A&E?

Etc.

Follow the money.

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"What you observe is a great wasteland." [View all] longship Jan 2014 OP

And that view was optimistic. RC Jan 2014 #1

Daily Show/Colbert tazkcmo Jan 2014 #2

I deliberately posted this without comment. longship Jan 2014 #4

What you stated, longship, these are the reasons I stopped watching a long time ago. sheshe2 Jan 2014 #8

I would have disagreed with that in the early 70's longship Jan 2014 #9

I agree with your sentiments, but to be fair... democrat2thecore Feb 2014 #14

Of course now the station never signs off. Ron Green Jan 2014 #3

Since when was it in the people's interest to make them ignorant? longship Jan 2014 #5

Yup! Especially when it gets to be owned by a very few big players. longship Jan 2014 #6

Today's television offerings are totally understandable ... Scuba Jan 2014 #7

+1 El_Johns Jan 2014 #11

To be fair to the medium, there has been some amazing television in the last 10 years XemaSab Jan 2014 #10

It would be golden if it were used correctly. Boomerproud Jan 2014 #12

I have a problem with the concept of being sunk... longship Jan 2014 #13