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MohRokTah

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

The sad fact of modern American Culture [View all]

"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 [View all] MohRokTah Feb 2016 OP

Content is free. bemildred Feb 2016 #1