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Word: truistic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1946-1946
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...head of every sponsored radio show hangs a heavy threat: its Hooperating.* If the rating is too low, the sponsor usually cancels the show. Results: 1) new shows, which take time to win an audience, often die aborning; 2) U.S. radio is encouraged to stick to the trite and truistic; 3) the Hooper system has more influence than friends among radio show folk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: By a Thread | 12/30/1946 | See Source »

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