Word: televiso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...article "Two for the Show" [Sept. 22] Columnist Russell Baker is quoted as remarking on the power of television: Televiso, ergo sum. This would mean "I watch television, therefore I am," a statement that no doubt would apply to a great many Americans...
Russell Baker seems to have taken a wild swing at Descartes's Cogito, ergo sum when he came up with Televiso, ergo sum -"I am televised, therefore I am." Since "I am televised" is in the passive voice, his Latin verb, derived from video, videre, demands the same form. The correct version of his attractive thought would therefore be Televideor, ergo...
...Anderson the triumph was more than just the wondrous possibility of prime time with Reagan and Carter. Simply being invited boosted his status as a major candidate, and the continuing controversy helped keep him in the news. Conferring credibility is television's greatest power: "Televiso, ergo sum-I am televised, therefore I am," as Columnist Russell Baker puts it. CBS has already committed itself to covering the Anderson-Reagan duel live; NBC and ABC were still making up their minds at week...
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