Word: viewers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...believe Senator Simon's assertion that the TV, insidiously taking hold of one's brain, forces the hapless viewer to imitate of all the behavior depicted thereon, we may deduce from the Senator's wardrobe that it has been a long time since he watched. The idea that a man who is known more for his garish bow ties and his grotesquely proportioned earlobes may well decide what can and cannot be beamed into American households is just as frightening as America's violence problem...
These shows have no violence. They never do re-enactments. The very style of camera work is more stable, more staid. Why does this style appeal to the educated viewer...
Today, television news is the P.T. Barnum, the Coney island the dancing lady and the diving horse, step night up, ladies and gents, it's live, it's true, it's too disgusting to believe. The viewer can release his or her passions, desires in the comfort and safety of a half-hour, non-interactive, for your-pleasure-only freak show...
...Great Adventures or nightly news? Does it make a difference? I would argue the two grow from the same tradition and have the same appeal. Only now instead of paying cash, the viewer sits through commercials...
...just as culture for the elite is so often public, like museums and libraries, the very highest of high. TV news is public access programming. NPR, PRS, WGBH and BBC have great merit, but narrowly circumscribed viewer appeal this is why they are always scraping for support from viewers like...