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America Is Too Dumb for TV News

12 points| smacktoward | 10 years ago |rollingstone.com | reply

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[+] rdancer|10 years ago|reply
While I agree with what the article is saying, I would go a bit further. The main aim of the news is to disseminate today's propaganda, and to shape the public mind so it is ready to receive the propaganda of tomorrow. That it also can pay its own bills is not essential, only nice to have.
[+] waltherp|10 years ago|reply
TV News is Too Dumb for America