Do you remember a program called, See It Now with Ed Murrow? That was in the
50's, I think, a half hour or a whole hour, I can't remember? That was analysis
of a news story. CBS News when William Pailly ran CBS, was excellent. That
ended at the end of the 60's, I think.
Miriam
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Miriam,
True. But my point is that until Radio became popular, the fast talking
hucksters were kept outside by a closed door. To get schmoozed you had to go
to the schmoozer. The Bible thumpers were still confined to Blue Tent
Revivals, and the Televangelists were still waiting for God to invent TV.
Mister Rogers and Captain Kangaroo had not yet signed up sponsors.
I think it was in the mid 70's that Minnow was head of the FCC, talking about
the Wasteland. They decided that straight news, even half an hour, was too
boring and worst yet, news did not pay for itself. So they made it an hour
long entertainment show. And of course the time allowed for advertising was
increased. . And no one seemed to notice that the quality of the
entertainment slid downward to a fourth grade level.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/18/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I keep reading articles about how and when the media changed, and I doMiriam,
think that there was a change in the mid 70's as the news departments
on TV channels changed and news became part of entertainment. You no
longer had in depth news coverage. But the thing is that the powerful
have always used whatever communication methods were at hand, to
influence and control the population. It's just that TV is more
powerful than radio and the Internet is, apparently, more powerful, in some
respects, than TV.
Miriam
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Looks like enough voters believe Boyd to have put him in office. As
they also did for Trump. That speaks to our twisted belief regarding
Freedom of Speech. We have allowed our communication channels, both
public and private, both entertainment and educational,to be corrupted
by the powerful Corporate Oligarchy that now rules America.
While Wordsmiths have always been around, the development of radio,
followed by TV and the Internet, have opened our doors and windows to
all the slick talkers on Madison Avenue. From early childhood we plop
our young in front of the TV, snuggled right close to the Spin
Doctors, and we buy them the games and toys that reinforce attitudes
that we would never have welcomed into our family.
And here's the real joke. We allow "equal time" to the attitudes and
views of the corporate chiefs giving them equal time, when they
already control the entire Media.
But that doesn't make it right, nor does it make their attitudes and
social systems good for America. Although at the moment we are losing
the fight, we still have strength in numbers.
Carl Jarvis
On 2/18/21, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Disgusting! But I wonder how many Americans agree with him.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] and the people elected this bozo
And to think that the People of Colorado City, Texas elected this
lazy, selfish excuse of a human being to run their city's government.
And buy the way, isn't the good mayor advocating Anarchism?
Carl Jarvis
Tim Boyd, the mayor of Colorado City, Texas, put on Facebook: “The
City and County, along with power providers or any other service owes
you NOTHING!
I’m sick and tired of people looking for a damn handout!... If you
are sitting at home in the cold because you have no power and are
sitting there waiting for someone to come rescue you because your
lazy is direct result of your raising! [sic]…. This is sadly a
product of a socialist government where they feed people to believe
that the FEW will work and others will become dependent for
handouts…. I’ll be damned if I’m going to provide for anyone that is
capable of doing it themselves!... Bottom line quit crying and
looking for a handout! Get off your ass and take care of your own family!”
“Only the strong
will survive and the weak will parish [sic],” he said.
After an outcry, Boyd resigned.
