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From: agz@pucc-k (Andrew Banta)
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Subject: Re: ABC & USA:  The Final Opinion
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Date: Fri, 12-Oct-84 02:51:25 EDT
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Posted: Fri Oct 12 02:51:25 1984
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Organization: Dept. of  Mental Instability, Purdue University
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I certainly must admit that I had never viewed (er, thought of) TV in
that sense. If you want purely fictional, non-stop-drivel,
entertainment, of course TV is the way to go. I just also figured that
it was the obligation of the networks and TV stations to inform people
who would normally never find out otherwise that the president was shot,
there is an election coming up, or other things that effect people
overall.

Now that I think about it, there are probably alot of people who really
don't care. I guess that's their perogative. I certainly do care.
(That's why I rioted last Saturday night :-)) How about if we just say
that people who really are interested in the world will look to
something other than TV for news-worthy items. 

Just an interesting question: Does anyone out there know of any people
who turn on the TV when thye walk in the door and turn it off when they
leave or go to bed? These were the people I was flaming in my last
letter. These probably also the people who write in to complain that
their TV show was cancelled ...


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Dept. of Mental Instability, Purdue University --- "I'm OK, You're a CS Major"
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