Word: channell
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We also know that scandals can happen to anyone, Democrat or Republican. We knew this before we became active in the party. We believed then and continue to belive that politics, despite its shortcomings, was the best way for us to channel our progressive energies and to effectuate widespread, positive change in our communities. And despite the attempts of many of define politics in terms of scandal or corruption, we still believe that politics is ultimately about effecting this type of change...
...magic box, and I was sucked in once again to the wondrous world of "Extreme Sports," "MTV News" and "Scooby Doo" reruns. I felt almost sinful as I settled into my hypnotic televised trance. Equipped with an incredibly responsive remote, I swiftly became King Midas as every channel I clicked revealed yet another golden televised treat for my very own viewing pleasure...
...honeymoon proved to be short-lived. I had just abandoned "The Facts of Life" during a commercial break in hopes of discovering some "Dr. Who" reruns when, after a brief stint channel-surfing, I found myself in the midst of a prostitution sting operation somewhere in southern Florida. Narration was unnecessary as I instantly recognized the genre of the program: it was a "Cops"-type show styled after "NYPD Blue" in a sick rendition of art imitating art imitating life. As usual, the setting was seedy and the cast of characters--from pot-bellied sheriffs to pouty chainsmoking whores--left...
...hooked and sat through a good half-hour of bloodshed, including a "scenes from the next" sequence, even after my supply of jalapeno nachos ran out. As the screen dimmed and the theme for "Rescue 911" cued up, I switched the channel and rose to refill my plate, idly locking the front door and checking the yard for would-be felons on my way to the kitchen...
...publish their efforts on the Net. Whether anyone will look at them is another question. The radical difference between the Internet and other mass media is that while anyone can make a bid for attention at http something or other, there is no central audience regularly tuning to channel 2 or 4 or 7 -- no easy way to command major market share. If websites were channels, there would be tens of millions of them on the Net, which helps explain why every muffler shop, pizzeria and hardware store seems to have one, as well as every crank. And that...