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What's wrong with TV: a theory

In the pet theory department, I'm convinced I can explain why TV news is so bad, and how it happened over the last 30/40 years.  My argument dovetails nicely with Postman's Amusing ourselves to death, which I highly recommend.

Here we go.

For the first 20 years of broadcast television, news was seen as a public service. there were few advertisements & news editors had more of the public interest at heart. Edward R. Murrow's interviews with McCarthy on See it Now could be described as a the...

Thursday linkfest

Here are this week's links:

The rise and fall of Rome, in numbers - Interesting to see a graph of the population of the roman empire over time. How to shoot an anvil – Pure stupid guy fun – what happens if you pack two anvils together with gunpowder? Answer – watch. Promise it will make you smile. Top songs about writing – It's a great idea for a list, but half these choices were totally lame. Perhaps they limited themselves to stuff they could find on YouTube.  What would yours be?Better...