Word: channelers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entertained. Very shortly into the program, somebody was jumping into bed with somebody else's wife, a scene of adultery. Of course it was normal, approved -- you know, there was no kind of condemnation or showing it as being wrong. I asked the children to change the channel. I got into another program, which we watched for five minutes or so, and the first thing I know, somebody has called somebody else an s.o.b., but they didn't use the initials. And I asked my children to change the channel again. This was in 1976, and we had three networks...
...them that Chernobyl is not Cher's full name, advertisers would get a captive teenage audience, and Whittle would make a healthy profit. Despite loud criticism that the daily newscasts amounted to cynical commercialization of the classroom, Whittle announced last week that he was not only going ahead with Channel One but also expanding his service...
...easy to say that biology is destiny and that all violent youths are simply captives of their physiology or "raging hormones." Society has generally been able to control and channel aggressive impulses through its basic institutions -- home, schools and church. But these moral pillars are crumbling...
...what extent, it was asked, did individuals have to accept the actions of those with whom they disagreed? When, for example, did an ill-advised, aggressive pass become offensive? When did angry confrontation become a channel for bigotry? When did a protest intended to "protest hate with love" become repulsive, if ever...
...those who cannot witness the exercises firsthand should not despair. Boston's WGBX-TV, Channel 44 will televise the proceedings and WHRB (95.3 FM) will broadcast them...